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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one caveat for a person who brings a petition before the Supreme Court?
(a) He must have money for an attorney.
(b) He must be illiterate.
(c) He must have been hurt by a legal action.
(d) He must be indigent.

2. What reason did the judge in Gideon's first trial not appoint an attorney?
(a) The county didn't have legal funds.
(b) He knew Gideon was guilty.
(c) No attorney would take the case.
(d) He had no reason.

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

4. Abe Fortas had previously argued the case that expanded the Supreme Court's ruling on ____________.
(a) Insanity.
(b) Indigence.
(c) Tax evasion.
(d) Pre-meditated murder.

5. As a general rule, the Justices' decisions follow ______________ of what's most important in the judicial system.
(a) Their own ideas.
(b) The President's ideas.
(c) The Attorney General's ideas.
(d) The Constitution's ideals.

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

7. Gideon says that prisoners have ___________ contact with attorneys?
(a) Excessive.
(b) Adequate.
(c) No.
(d) Minimal.

8. Gideon believes that he was denied ______________ during a legal trial.
(a) due process.
(b) cigarettes.
(c) visitors.
(d) a phone call.

9. What establishment was Gideon convicted of robbing?
(a) Flamingo Pawn Shop.
(b) Seabreeze Bar & Grill.
(c) Bay Harbor Poolroom.
(d) Palms and Pawns Shop.

10. Gideon writes a letter of ____________ pages to Abe Fortas to tell him what really happened.
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 22.
(d) 15.

11. With whom does Gideon file a petition?
(a) The Florida Appellate Court.
(b) The American Civil Liberties Union.
(c) The NAACP.
(d) The U.S. Supreme Court.

12. In what city is the Florida State Prison located?
(a) Melbourne.
(b) Raiford.
(c) Sarasota.
(d) Starke.

13. What sentence did Gideon receive in his first trial?
(a) Minimum of five years in prison.
(b) Maximum of five years in prison.
(c) Probation and time served.
(d) A life sentence.

14. When is Gideon's case forwarded to the Supreme Court Justices?
(a) February 14, 1969.
(b) February 8, 1962.
(c) March 24, 1960.
(d) December 24, 1961.

15. What legislation gives the Supreme Court Justices the freedom to decide which cases they will hear?
(a) The Judge's Bill of 1925.
(b) The Fourteenth Amendment.
(c) The NATO Treaty.
(d) The NAACP Bill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gideon work after getting out of a reformatory?

2. How many justices sit on the Supreme Court?

3. In what city in Florida did Gideon reside?

4. What does Gideon tell his attorney is the primary reason he needs to get out of jail?

5. Fortas notes that there is a recent history of the Justices declining to approve petitions that would _____________________.

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