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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following do the Supreme Court Justices have?
(a) Core ideals.
(b) All of these.
(c) Individual ideas.
(d) Personalities.

2. Walter Mondale of Minnesota wrote to Jacob that all __________________ should have a lawyer.
(a) People.
(b) Accused people.
(c) Indigents.
(d) Felony defendants.

3. 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) Innocent.
(d) Guilty.

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

5. Which are the only two states to stand with Florida on the right to an attorney position?
(a) Georgia and North Carolina.
(b) Alabama and North Carolina.
(c) Tennessee and South Carolina.
(d) Mississippi and Alabama.

6. 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 an attorney.
(c) The right to practice religion.
(d) The right to bear arms.

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

8. Which of the following is true of Gideon's case?
(a) All of these.
(b) Expensive attorneys spent many hours in research.
(c) He had a large, established firm on his side.
(d) A senior partner of the firm did the majority of the writing for the brief.

9. 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) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 35.
(d) 100.

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

11. What "stupid answer" does Jacob give in response to a Justice?
(a) Gideon did the crime and he has to do the time.
(b) He did not realize that he would be questioned on some of these issues.
(c) A judge would not object to a lay person representing someone else.
(d) The Justices have not done their due diligence in the case.

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

13. Alabama's brief declares that ___________________ is more likely to be acquitted.
(a) An indigent with counsel.
(b) A retarded person.
(c) An indigent without counsel.
(d) A first-time offender.

14. How does Gideon describe Fortas' legal brief about the case?
(a) A Godsend.
(b) Truly inspiring work.
(c) A masterpiece.
(d) Brilliant document.

15. Who writes a legal brief in support of Gideon after Walter Mondale's letter is circulated?
(a) General Johnson Hall.
(b) General Gerald A. Berlin.
(c) General George Patton.
(d) General Dwight Eisenhower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some attorneys consider oral arguments to be?

2. Why did Jacob only have evenings and weekends to devote to the states' case against Gideon?

3. For how long are Supreme Court Justices on the bench?

4. Who was the director of the federal penitentiary system?

5. What is the case in which six black boys were accused of rape of two white girls in 1932?

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