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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 does the Fourteenth Amendment address?
(a) All of these.
(b) Life.
(c) Liberty.
(d) Property.

2. Most prisoners currently jailed without the benefit of an attorney do not have which of the following characteristics that Gideon possesses?
(a) Tenacity.
(b) All of these.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Educational level.

3. Who had complete control over deciding who would represent Gideon?
(a) The Florida State Court.
(b) Gideon.
(c) The Justices.
(d) The prison warden.

4. Which of the following happens to legal services when appointed attorneys are not compensated?
(a) All of these.
(b) They are hasty.
(c) They are perfunctory.
(d) They are inept.

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

6. What would add to chaos if the Betts rule were to be overturned?
(a) Media interviews would overwhelm them.
(b) Riots in prisons all across America.
(c) Mass filing of appeals from current prisoners.
(d) Law schools would have to change curriculum.

7. In most cases the majority of the work falls on _________________.
(a) The defense attorney.
(b) The defendant.
(c) The prosecutor's office.
(d) The Attorney General.

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

9. Which of the following is the consensus regarding appointed attorneys?
(a) No one attorney should withstand the continuing burden.
(b) All of these?
(c) Governmental funding will be required.
(d) An unpaid lawyer provides little or no real legal advice.

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

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

12. Who replaces Justice Frankfurter when he retires?
(a) Justice Alan Ginsburg.
(b) Justice Avery Gillette.
(c) Justice Arthur Goldberg.
(d) Justice Arthur Goldman.

13. Why was the Betts case able to prevail in 1942?
(a) People were more concerned about going to war.
(b) The Civil Rights Law was not voted in.
(c) America wasn't ready for the tenets of Gideon vs. Wainwright at that time.
(d) There was no Supreme Court then.

14. Which of the following is true of Jacobs prior to the Supreme Court case?
(a) All of these.
(b) He is impressed by the formality of the crier who opens the proceedings.
(c) He spends time worrying about minor points.
(d) He is struck by the pomp of the building.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Attorney General in 1963?

2. Prior to Gideons' Supreme Court case, how many of the nine Justices does Fortas think will rule in his favor?

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

4. George Mantz of ____________ admits that his state's courts could soon follow the trend to appoint attorneys in all cases.

5. 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?

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