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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which are the only two states to stand with Florida on the right to an attorney position?
(a) Mississippi and Alabama.
(b) Alabama and North Carolina.
(c) Georgia and North Carolina.
(d) Tennessee and South Carolina.

2. What can be said about Gideon in that he stuck to the process of filing an appeal?
(a) Impudent.
(b) Evasive.
(c) Tenacious.
(d) Affable.

3. How many people other than Jacob are on Jacob's law team in the Gideon case?
(a) 2.
(b) None.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

4. Under the Betts rule, who is required to have an attorney?
(a) An innocent person.
(b) A guilty person.
(c) A person of low intelligence.
(d) An indigent person.

5. Because wages are so low when Gideon moves his family to Florida, what does he do to supplement the income?
(a) Cleans a school.
(b) Works at a gas station.
(c) Tends bar.
(d) Gambling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the young lawyer assigned to defend the state's position in Gideon's case?

2. Which of the following falls into the category of "special circumstances" for those on trial?

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

4. Lawyers appearing before the Supreme Court should present facts as opposed to ________________.

5. George Mantz of ____________ admits that his state's courts could soon follow the trend to appoint attorneys in all cases.

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