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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Gideon marry in 1955?
(a) Louise Cooper.
(b) Velma Cooper.
(c) Connie Martin.
(d) Doris Clawson.

2. Abe Fortas knows little of Gideon's first trial and little of _____________________.
(a) Gideon himself.
(b) petty larceny.
(c) Florida rules.
(d) Florida prisons.

3. At what type of work does Gideon say he could make a living?
(a) Electrical wiring.
(b) Plumbing.
(c) Truck driving.
(d) Car maintenance.

4. What did Strickland claim was missing from the poolroom?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Wine.
(c) Beer.
(d) All of these.

5. Jacob recommends that if a new law were to come from the Gideon case it should not be _______________.
(a) In effect for a year.
(b) Publicized.
(c) Enforced.
(d) Retroactive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gideon say about the prison facilities for filing court documents?

2. Federal law _____________ state law.

3. When the Supreme Court ruled that federal defendants must have lawyers, a ________________ took over in place of any official body creating and funding a system that would work.

4. Attorneys should view questions as _______________________.

5. Who agrees to take over Gideon's case after the Supreme Court decision in Gideon vs. Wainwright?

(see the answer key)

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