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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the case in which six black boys were accused of rape of two white girls in 1932?
(a) The Missouri Case.
(b) The Alabama Case.
(c) The Petersborough Case.
(d) The Scotsboro Case.

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

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

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

8. The Supreme Court Justices are aware that many of the cases they hear are the result of __________________.
(a) An overloaded local court system.
(b) Unskilled judges in the local courts.
(c) A poor State Court system.
(d) A defendant's lack of a defense attorney.

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

10. Which organization submits a brief in support of Gideon's petition?
(a) The American Civil Liberties Union.
(b) The Harvard Law School.
(c) The Democratic Party.
(d) The NAACP.

11. Which of the following is an indigent person unable to afford that a rich defendant can?
(a) Other defense methods.
(b) Bail.
(c) All of these.
(d) Psychiatric evaluations.

12. Lawyers appearing before the Supreme Court should present facts as opposed to ________________.
(a) Speculation.
(b) Lofty ideas.
(c) Opinions.
(d) Theories.

13. Why does the right to an attorney issue become even greater on the state level?
(a) There are more intellectually challenged defendants.
(b) There are judges who want to rule on a case-by-case basis.
(c) The states resist the change.
(d) There are more indigent defendants.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Jacob contends that the basis for his case is about _________________, not an attorney.

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

3. What did State Judge Walter V. Schaefer of the Illin.ois Court of Illinois assert as a citizen's greatest right?

4. Overall, the courts deal with ____________ while the legislature deals with abstraction in large numbers.

5. Who typed Jacob's legal brief in the Gideon case?

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