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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following falls into the category of "special circumstances" for those on trial?
(a) All of these.
(b) Illiterate.
(c) Mentally ill.
(d) Young.

2. What did State Judge Walter V. Schaefer of the Illin.ois Court of Illinois assert as a citizen's greatest right?
(a) The right of free speech.
(b) The right to practice religion.
(c) The right to bear arms.
(d) The right to an attorney.

3. What role does Gideon take on in helping other inmates?
(a) Psychiatrist.
(b) Legal expert.
(c) Godfather.
(d) Doctor.

4. How might Gideon have known about the Carnley vs. Cochran case?
(a) Law books.
(b) TV.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Radio.

5. Who was the Florida governor at the time of Gideon vs. Wainwright?
(a) Ferris Buller.
(b) Farris Bryant.
(c) Fess Barkley.
(d) Frank Bryan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry Cook states that at the poolroom, the front was off the cigarette machine and ___________________.

2. Which of the following is an indigent person unable to afford that a rich defendant can?

3. What would be the benefit of a public defender's office?

4. Overall, the courts deal with ____________ while the legislature deals with abstraction in large numbers.

5. What legislation gives the Supreme Court Justices the freedom to decide which cases they will hear?

(see the answer key)

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