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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Gideon says that his court trial violated the _____________ Amendment.
(a) Fifth.
(b) Fourteenth.
(c) Tenth.
(d) First.
2. How many justices sit on the Supreme Court?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.
3. What is one caveat for a person who brings a petition before the Supreme Court?
(a) He must be illiterate.
(b) He must have money for an attorney.
(c) He must be indigent.
(d) He must have been hurt by a legal action.
4. Where does Gideon work after getting out of a reformatory?
(a) Restaurant.
(b) Hardware store.
(c) Shoe factory.
(d) Slaughterhouse.
5. Which of the following is NOT an area in which Abe Fortas is familiar?
(a) U.S. Presidents.
(b) U.S. Government.
(c) Tax law.
(d) Corporations.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Gideon marry ten months after his first marriage?
2. The Supreme Court is bound not so much by laws as by the trends and ____________ of the Justices who serve.
3. Henry Cook states that at the poolroom, the front was off the cigarette machine and ___________________.
4. What is unique about Gideon's petition to the U.S. Supreme Court?
5. How many law clerks are available to assist the Supreme Court Justices?
Short Essay Questions
1. What incriminating testimony had been provided by the prosecution's witness, Henry Cook, during Gideon's criminal trial?
2. What issue has been on the minds of the Justices lately that gives Gideon's petition some extra attention?
3. Describe some of Gideon's bad childhood experiences.
4. What is Gideon's life like after he marries in 1955?
5. Why is Gideon allowed an attorney for his Supreme Court case and who is the man appointed to represent him?
6. What role has Gideon assumed while in prison regarding helping some of the other inmates?
7. What is the process of a Supreme Court petition?
8. What does Fortas discover in Gideon's file regarding how he questioned witnesses and how an attorney would have been better able to manage?
9. What is the famous 1940s case whose precedent denied Gideon an attorney at his criminal trial?
10. What are Gideon's intentions for his life should he be released from prison?
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