Gideon's Trumpet Test | Final Test - Easy

Anthony Lewis
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 139 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Gideon's Trumpet Test | Final Test - Easy

Anthony Lewis
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 139 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the young lawyer assigned to defend the state's position in Gideon's case?
(a) Michael Morris.
(b) Bruce Robert Jacob.
(c) Clayton Hall.
(d) Robert Bruce.

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

4. 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.

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

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

7. Jacob contends that the basis for his case is about _________________, not an attorney.
(a) The Constitution.
(b) The Attorney General.
(c) States' rights.
(d) The Fourteenth Amendment.

8. 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) Expensive attorneys spent many hours in research.
(c) All of these.
(d) He had a large, established firm on his side.

9. Lawyers appearing before the Supreme Court should not be overconfident or ______________.
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Brash.
(c) Loud.
(d) Ill-prepared.

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

11. 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 bear arms.
(d) The right to practice religion.

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

13. What can a lay person not be expected to know?
(a) Legal fees.
(b) Attorney phone numbers.
(c) Points of law.
(d) Supreme Court Justices.

14. Attorneys should view questions as _______________________.
(a) Necessary evils.
(b) Formalities to be endured.
(c) Opportunities to persuade.
(d) Learning experiences.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many other states sign Berlin's legal brief?

3. Who is the new director of the Florida prison system during Gideon's Supreme Court trial?

4. What is the main reason a defendant does not have an attorney?

5. Which of the following is true of Jacobs prior to the Supreme Court case?

(see the answer keys)

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