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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Gideon?
(a) 51.
(b) 45.
(c) 27.
(d) 39.

2. Who does Gideon marry ten months after his first marriage?
(a) Babs Devereaux.
(b) Ruth Babineaux.
(c) Yvette Mimieux.
(d) Tonya Robichaux.

3. Who replaces Justice Frankfurter when he retires?
(a) Justice Arthur Goldberg.
(b) Justice Alan Ginsburg.
(c) Justice Avery Gillette.
(d) Justice Arthur Goldman.

4. Why was Gideon in the hospital during this time?
(a) He had A-typical tuberculosis.
(b) He was in a car accident.
(c) He had gallbladder surgery.
(d) He had pneumonia.

5. Gideon is perceived to be intelligent but ______________.
(a) Uneducated.
(b) Shifty.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Immoral.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pages does Gideon's Supreme Court petition contain?

2. What reason did the judge in Gideon's first trial not appoint an attorney?

3. How many justices sit on the Supreme Court?

4. In most cases the majority of the work falls on _________________.

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

(see the answer key)

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