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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Immediately following Gideon's case, how many cases does the Supreme Court send back to the Florida State Supreme Court ordering it to reconsider those cases in light of Gideon vs. Wainwright?
(a) 100.
(b) 10.
(c) 7.
(d) 35.

2. Which of the following is true regarding Supreme Court Justices?
(a) They are appointed to lifetime terms.
(b) All of these.
(c) They don't seek re-election and are not indebted to anyone.
(d) They are free to disagree.

3. Why did Jacob only have evenings and weekends to devote to the states' case against Gideon?
(a) He worked full time at a law office.
(b) He had to care for an ailing parent.
(c) He was still going to law school.
(d) He had a corporate job during the week.

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

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

6. Which of the following is NOT a Justice seated during Gideon's Supreme Court case?
(a) Daniel Ellsberg.
(b) John Marshall Harlan.
(c) Earl Warren.
(d) Arthur J. Goldberg.

7. What would be the benefit of a public defender's office?
(a) Knowledge of judges.
(b) Better compensation.
(c) Familiarity with areas.
(d) Knowledge of courts.

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

9. What is the next issue following the Supreme Court's ruling in Gideon's favor?
(a) Implementation.
(b) Strategy.
(c) Budget.
(d) Theory.

10. The Justice makes the point that all the prisoners currently jailed without counsel were entitled to an attorney ________________________.
(a) Until proven guilty.
(b) Because this is America.
(c) Under the special circumstances rule.
(d) Whether they wanted one or not.

11. 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.
(a) Non-system.
(b) Task force.
(c) Caucus.
(d) State committee.

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

13. What does Abe Fortas think would be the best way for the Justices to understand Gideon's case?
(a) They should talk to local judges.
(b) They should listen to interviews of inmates.
(c) They should read Gideon's trial transcripts.
(d) They should go to criminal court and watch a defendant try to defend himself.

14. What did retired Justice Frankfurter say about Gideon vs. Wainwright?
(a) He would not have voted for it.
(b) He thought it was a step back for America.
(c) He declined to comment.
(d) He would have voted in favor of it.

15. Who is the new director of the Florida prison system during Gideon's Supreme Court trial?
(a) Louie L. Wainwright.
(b) Harold Milligan.
(c) Marvellas Cooke.
(d) Marvin Edelman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Attorney General in 1963?

2. What type of payment do most appointed attorneys get?

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

4. How many people other than Jacob are on Jacob's law team in the Gideon case?

5. What is the name of another case in Florida that is similar to Gideon's regarding right to an attorney?

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