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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. What comment does George Mantz say that draws laughter from the Justices?
(a) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
(b) The early bird catches the worm.
(c) Hope springs eternal.
(d) An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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 go to criminal court and watch a defendant try to defend himself.
(c) They should listen to interviews of inmates.
(d) They should read Gideon's trial transcripts.

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

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

15. 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) Caucus.
(c) Non-system.
(d) Task force.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be said about Gideon in that he stuck to the process of filing an appeal?

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

3. What is the formal name of Gideon's Supreme Court case?

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

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

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