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

2. What is one caveat for a person who brings a petition before the Supreme Court?
(a) He must have been hurt by a legal action.
(b) He must have money for an attorney.
(c) He must be illiterate.
(d) He must be indigent.

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

4. 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) Knows there are many of them.
(b) Is trying to learn the best he can.
(c) But he will look them up if it takes forever.
(d) Has good intentions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city in Florida did Gideon reside?

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

3. How old was Gideon when he ran away from home to escape his strict stepfather?

4. What is the question the Justices say is before them when deciding to hear Gideon's case?

5. The Supreme Court always seems to take the word of the person who claims _______________.

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