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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. Who, other than the Justices, are included in behind closed door sessions when they consider which cases to hear?
(a) Ten Law Clerks.
(b) The U.S. Attorney General.
(c) No one.
(d) One legal secretary.

2. 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) Why should the U.S. Supreme Court have to get involved with a petty larceny case?
(c) Should this Court's holding in Betts vs. Brady, 316 U.S. 455, be reconsiderd?
(d) Are we not bound to provide legal justice for all men in this country?

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

4. Henry Cook states that at the poolroom, the front was off the cigarette machine and ___________________.
(a) The door lock was cut with bolt cutters.
(b) There were gunshots in the walls.
(c) The moneybox was empty.
(d) All the chairs and tables were tipped over.

5. In what city is the Florida State Prison located?
(a) Melbourne.
(b) Starke.
(c) Raiford.
(d) Sarasota.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason has Gideon been summoned to court?

2. Justices of the Supreme Court have a higher power than ____________________.

3. 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 __________________________."

4. What is Gideon's job in prison?

5. How many pages does Gideon's Supreme Court petition contain?

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