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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is appointed to represent Gideon in his Supreme Court trial?
(a) Abe Fourman.
(b) Abe Vigoda.
(c) Abe Fortas.
(d) Abe Rothstein.

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

4. How many law clerks are available to assist the Supreme Court Justices?
(a) 12.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 8.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry Cook states that at the poolroom, the front was off the cigarette machine and ___________________.

2. In what part of the country does Gideon live?

3. What does Gideon tell his attorney is the primary reason he needs to get out of jail?

4. Is Gideon guaranteed an attorney during a Supreme Court trial?

5. Gideon writes a letter of ____________ pages to Abe Fortas to tell him what really happened.

(see the answer key)

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