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

2. In what city in Florida did Gideon reside?
(a) Panama City.
(b) Melbourne.
(c) Tampa.
(d) Pensacola.

3. Fortas notes that there is a recent history of the Justices declining to approve petitions that would _____________________.
(a) Impact people already in prison.
(b) Apply to indigent people.
(c) Be applied across the board to all states.
(d) Probably result in guilty verdicts.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Abe Fortas knows little of Gideon's first trial and little of _____________________.

2. When is Gideon's case forwarded to the Supreme Court Justices?

3. What does the judge in Gideon's first trial neglect to tell Gideon?

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

5. Gideon believes that he was denied ______________ during a legal trial.

(see the answer key)

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