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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jacob recommends that if a new law were to come from the Gideon case it should not be _______________.
(a) Enforced.
(b) Publicized.
(c) In effect for a year.
(d) Retroactive.

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

3. How many people other than Jacob are on Jacob's law team in the Gideon case?
(a) None.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

4. Under the Betts rule, who is required to have an attorney?
(a) A person of low intelligence.
(b) An innocent person.
(c) An indigent person.
(d) A guilty person.

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

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

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

8. Which state files its own brief in support of the principles of Gideon's case?
(a) Montana.
(b) Maine.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Oregon.

9. What is the case in which the the opinion indicates that federal defendants should always have the right to an attorney?
(a) Jackman vs. Zerbst.
(b) Johnson vs. Zerbst.
(c) Johnson vs. Johnson.
(d) Jackson vs. Zolta.

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

11. George Mantz of ____________ admits that his state's courts could soon follow the trend to appoint attorneys in all cases.
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Alabama.

12. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is a legal document submitted to the Supreme Court from anyone who may have something helpful to add to a case?

4. Who is the Attorney General in 1963?

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

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