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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Gideon work after getting out of a reformatory?
(a) Hardware store.
(b) Shoe factory.
(c) Restaurant.
(d) Slaughterhouse.

2. The Supreme Court always seems to take the word of the person who claims _______________.
(a) Innocence.
(b) Indigence.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Youth.

3. The Supreme Court Justices are aware that many of the cases they hear are the result of __________________.
(a) A poor State Court system.
(b) A defendant's lack of a defense attorney.
(c) Unskilled judges in the local courts.
(d) An overloaded local court system.

4. What can a lay person not be expected to know?
(a) Supreme Court Justices.
(b) Points of law.
(c) Legal fees.
(d) Attorney phone numbers.

5. What prior case had established the rules for assigning an attorney to a defendant.
(a) Betts vs. Brody.
(b) Betts vs. Brady.
(c) Breck vs. Brady.
(d) Betz vs. Brady.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Supreme Court is bound not so much by laws as by the trends and ____________ of the Justices who serve.

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

3. What is the main reason a defendant does not have an attorney?

4. The Supreme Court had ruled that a person is not criminally responsible for his actions if he ______________________.

5. Why does the Florida Attorney General say Gideon did not have the right to counsel?

(see the answer key)

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