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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 was Gideon in the hospital during this time?
(a) He had pneumonia.
(b) He had A-typical tuberculosis.
(c) He had gallbladder surgery.
(d) He was in a car accident.

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

3. What role does Gideon take on in helping other inmates?
(a) Legal expert.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Godfather.
(d) Psychiatrist.

4. Federal law _____________ state law.
(a) supersedes.
(b) is harsher than.
(c) is more lenient than.
(d) challenges.

5. In Gideon's reply to the Florida Attorney General's document, Gideon states that he can't cite laws such as the Florida Attorney General has, but that he "_____________________________."
(a) But he will look them up if it takes forever.
(b) Has good intentions.
(c) Knows there are many of them.
(d) Is trying to learn the best he can.

Short Answer Questions

1. What payment does an attorney representing a client in a Supreme Court case receive?

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

3. In what city is the Florida State Prison located?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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