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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a legal document submitted to the Supreme Court from anyone who may have something helpful to add to a case?
(a) Goodwill.
(b) Federal Affiliation.
(c) Amicus Curiae.
(d) Good Neighbor.

2. Who typed Jacob's legal brief in the Gideon case?
(a) Law clerk.
(b) Jacob's wife.
(c) Personal assistant.
(d) Legal secretary.

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

4. Prior to Gideons' Supreme Court case, how many of the nine Justices does Fortas think will rule in his favor?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

5. Who was the director of the federal penitentiary system?
(a) Johnson A. Bennett.
(b) James V. Bennett.
(c) James A. Hall.
(d) John L. Bennett.

6. One of the Justices asks Jacob if he believes all the prisoners currently jailed without benefit of an attorney are __________________.
(a) Illiterate.
(b) Indigent.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Innocent.

7. Gideon is perceived to be intelligent but ______________.
(a) Uneducated.
(b) Immoral.
(c) Shifty.
(d) Lazy.

8. Which law school does John Hart Ely attend?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Yale.
(d) Stanford.

9. What is the name of another case in Florida that is similar to Gideon's regarding right to an attorney?
(a) Carney vs. Collins.
(b) Cromwell vs. Cooley.
(c) Cronin vs. Cochran.
(d) Carnley vs. Cochran.

10. 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) Retroactive.
(c) Publicized.
(d) Enforced.

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

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

13. Lawyers appearing before the Supreme Court should not be overconfident or ______________.
(a) Ill-prepared.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Loud.
(d) Brash.

14. Who does George Mantz say is looking out for defendants with attorneys?
(a) The defendant.
(b) The state.
(c) The Supreme Court.
(d) The judge.

15. In the Betts vs. Brady case in 1942, in what state did Smith Betts live?
(a) Maryland,
(b) Virginia.
(c) Montana.
(d) Ohio.

Short Answer Questions

1. Attorneys should view questions as _______________________.

2. What would add to chaos if the Betts rule were to be overturned?

3. What is the case in which the the opinion indicates that federal defendants should always have the right to an attorney?

4. What do some people at the state level want to see implemented?

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

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