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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many justices sit on the Supreme Court?
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

2. An attorney representing a client in a Supreme Court case gets money for ________________.
(a) Hourly billing.
(b) Food and entertainment.
(c) Travel to and from Washington D.C.
(d) Hotel accommodations.

3. Abe Fortas knows little of Gideon's first trial and little of _____________________.
(a) petty larceny.
(b) Florida prisons.
(c) Florida rules.
(d) Gideon himself.

4. In Gideon's reply to the Florida Attorney General's document, Gideon states that he can't cite laws such as the Florida Attorney General has, but that he "_____________________________."
(a) Has good intentions.
(b) But he will look them up if it takes forever.
(c) Is trying to learn the best he can.
(d) Knows there are many of them.

5. What is one caveat for a person who brings a petition before the Supreme Court?
(a) He must be illiterate.
(b) He must have been hurt by a legal action.
(c) He must have money for an attorney.
(d) He must be indigent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Abe Fortas practice law?

2. Gideon says that his court trial violated the _____________ Amendment.

3. In what city did Gideon commit his crime?

4. What legislation gives the Supreme Court Justices the freedom to decide which cases they will hear?

5. On what type of paper is Gideon's petition written?

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