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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the judge in Gideon's first trial neglect to tell Gideon?
(a) He could have an attorney if he just asked for one.
(b) There is video tape of Gideon stealing.
(c) He has a right to question the jury.
(d) He has a right to cross examine witnesses.

2. Who typed Jacob's legal brief in the Gideon case?
(a) Legal secretary.
(b) Personal assistant.
(c) Jacob's wife.
(d) Law clerk.

3. The Supreme Court had ruled that a person is not criminally responsible for his actions if he ______________________.
(a) Is going through a divorce.
(b) Was taking certain medications.
(c) Had a hard childhood.
(d) Suffers a mental disease.

4. What does Gideon say about the prison facilities for filing court documents?
(a) They are excellent.
(b) They are inadequate.
(c) They are better than he imagined.
(d) They do not exist.

5. The jury is Gideon's first trial was not given _____________________.
(a) Stipends for its service.
(b) Meals during its service.
(c) Hotel accommodations during its service.
(d) Any instructions for determining guilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is an indigent person unable to afford that a rich defendant can?

2. In what city did Gideon commit his crime?

3. Under the Betts rule, who is required to have an attorney?

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

5. What can be said about Gideon in that he stuck to the process of filing an appeal?

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