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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did Gideon marry in 1955?
(a) Louise Cooper.
(b) Connie Martin.
(c) Doris Clawson.
(d) Velma Cooper.

3. How many children and stepchildren does Gideon have with his second wife?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

4. What is the question the Justices say is before them when deciding to hear Gideon's case?
(a) How many more men like Clarence Earl Gideon are sitting in America's prisons?
(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) Why should the U.S. Supreme Court have to get involved with a petty larceny case?

5. Gideon says that his court trial violated the _____________ Amendment.
(a) Fifth.
(b) Fourteenth.
(c) First.
(d) Tenth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the witness in Gideon's first trial who states that he saw Gideon at the poolroom on the morning of June 3?

2. What is Gideon's state of mind as he prepares to go to trial at the Supreme Court?

3. What would a lawyer have followed up on regarding Henry Cook's testimony but Gideon didn't know to do?

4. How many justices sit on the Supreme Court?

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

(see the answer key)

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