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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 each Supreme Court justice receive regarding petitioners' requests?
(a) A copy of the request and any response.
(b) A copy of the opposing response.
(c) A copy of the trial brief.
(d) A copy of the trial transcript.

2. What is the date of Gideon's reply to the Florida Attorney General's office that Gideon did not have right to counsel?
(a) April 21, 1963.
(b) May 25, 1963.
(c) November 22, 1963.
(d) January 15, 1966.

3. How many Supreme Court decisions has Gideon read?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) None.
(d) 2.

4. Why is Gideon filing an appeal to his case?
(a) He had to wait six months before going to trial.
(b) He had no attorney at his trial.
(c) He had no trial before going to prison.
(d) He had a junior attorney at his trial.

5. Alabama's brief declares that ___________________ is more likely to be acquitted.
(a) A retarded person.
(b) An indigent with counsel.
(c) An indigent without counsel.
(d) A first-time offender.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can a lay person not be expected to know?

2. How old was Gideon when his father died?

3. Why did Jacob only have evenings and weekends to devote to the states' case against Gideon?

4. In the Betts vs. Brady case in 1942, in what state did Smith Betts live?

5. For what reason has Gideon been summoned to court?

(see the answer key)

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