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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Gideon?
(a) 45.
(b) 39.
(c) 51.
(d) 27.

2. What does Gideon tell his attorney is the primary reason he needs to get out of jail?
(a) To have surgery.
(b) To get a job.
(c) To show his innocence.
(d) To make arrangements for his children.

3. The Supreme Court had ruled that a person is not criminally responsible for his actions if he ______________________.
(a) Is going through a divorce.
(b) Suffers a mental disease.
(c) Had a hard childhood.
(d) Was taking certain medications.

4. What is the question the Justices say is before them when deciding to hear Gideon's case?
(a) Why should the U.S. Supreme Court have to get involved with a petty larceny case?
(b) Should this Court's holding in Betts vs. Brady, 316 U.S. 455, be reconsiderd?
(c) Are we not bound to provide legal justice for all men in this country?
(d) How many more men like Clarence Earl Gideon are sitting in America's prisons?

5. Abe Fortas indicates that a lawyer would have known that ____________ could have been a defense for the crime.
(a) Drunkenness.
(b) Righteous anger.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Being high.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what crime is Gideon serving time in prison?

2. Who is the central person in GIDEON'S TRUMPET?

3. What does Henry Cook state that Gideon had in his hand when he saw him on the morning of June 3?

4. How old was Gideon when his father died?

5. What is Gideon on the verge of losing while in jail this time?

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