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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What amazes Jacob about appearing in the Supreme Court?
(a) The courtroom cameras.
(b) The huge number of people present.
(c) The informality of the proceedings.
(d) The quality of the furniture.

2. Which of the following is true regarding Supreme Court Justices?
(a) They are free to disagree.
(b) They don't seek re-election and are not indebted to anyone.
(c) They are appointed to lifetime terms.
(d) All of these.

3. What legislation gives the Supreme Court Justices the freedom to decide which cases they will hear?
(a) The NAACP Bill.
(b) The Fourteenth Amendment.
(c) The Judge's Bill of 1925.
(d) The NATO Treaty.

4. Why is Gideon filing an appeal to his case?
(a) He had to wait six months before going to trial.
(b) He had no attorney at his trial.
(c) He had no trial before going to prison.
(d) He had a junior attorney at his trial.

5. Most prisoners currently jailed without the benefit of an attorney do not have which of the following characteristics that Gideon possesses?
(a) Educational level.
(b) Tenacity.
(c) All of these.
(d) Intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because wages are so low when Gideon moves his family to Florida, what does he do to supplement the income?

2. Gideon says that prisoners have ___________ contact with attorneys?

3. The jury is Gideon's first trial was not given _____________________.

4. Who was the director of the federal penitentiary system?

5. Federal law _____________ state law.

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