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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. Why does Gideon's family not qualify for welfare?
(a) Because of Gideon's wife's criminal record.
(b) Because of Gideon's criminal record.
(c) Because welfare was not established yet.
(d) Because Gideon makes too much money.

2. How many children does Gideon have?
(a) Three and a stepdaughter.
(b) Five.
(c) One and three stepchildren.
(d) Two and two stepchildren.

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

4. Which of the following is NOT an area in which Abe Fortas is familiar?
(a) U.S. Presidents.
(b) U.S. Government.
(c) Tax law.
(d) Corporations.

5. Why does Gideon send money to his parents when he is in jail in the mid-1930s?
(a) To pay for legal fees.
(b) To buy food for his brothers and sisters.
(c) They lost their house in the Great Depression.
(d) To put in a savings account for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Supreme Court is bound not so much by laws as by the trends and ____________ of the Justices who serve.

2. A famous line in Gideon's petition to the Supreme Court reads: "It makes no difference how old I am or what color I am or __________________________."

3. Abe Fortas had previously argued the case that expanded the Supreme Court's ruling on ____________.

4. Why does the Florida Attorney General say Gideon did not have the right to counsel?

5. What prior case had established the rules for assigning an attorney to a defendant.

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