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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. How old was Gideon when he ran away from home to escape his strict stepfather?
(a) 16.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

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

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

4. The Supreme Court always seems to take the word of the person who claims _______________.
(a) Insanity.
(b) Innocence.
(c) Youth.
(d) Indigence.

5. Who is the clerk who receives Gideon's Supreme Court petition?
(a) Jeffrey Walton.
(b) Michael Kodak, Jr.
(c) Michael Rodak, Jr.
(d) Stu Mathias.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Gideon in the hospital during this time?

2. How many law clerks are available to assist the Supreme Court Justices?

3. Sometimes the justices have their ________________ write brief memorandums about the petitioner's file contents.

4. How do some of the Supreme Court Justices consider their power?

5. Where does Gideon work after getting out of a reformatory?

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