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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. Who, other than the Justices, are included in behind closed door sessions when they consider which cases to hear?
(a) One legal secretary.
(b) Ten Law Clerks.
(c) The U.S. Attorney General.
(d) No one.

2. Who is the witness in Gideon's first trial who states that he saw Gideon at the poolroom on the morning of June 3?
(a) Hank Cookson.
(b) Henry Koch.
(c) Harvey Cook.
(d) Henry Cook.

3. Because wages are so low when Gideon moves his family to Florida, what does he do to supplement the income?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Tends bar.
(c) Cleans a school.
(d) Works at a gas station.

4. Who is the central person in GIDEON'S TRUMPET?
(a) Clarence James Thomas.
(b) James Hall Gideon.
(c) Earl Thomas Ray.
(d) Clarence Earl Gideon.

5. Why was Gideon in the hospital during this time?
(a) He had pneumonia.
(b) He had gallbladder surgery.
(c) He had A-typical tuberculosis.
(d) He was in a car accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is Gideon's case forwarded to the Supreme Court Justices?

2. In what city did Gideon commit his crime?

3. How many does does the opposing side on a case have to respond once a petition submitted to the Supreme Court?

4. What does Abe Fortas want before going to trial before representing Gideon?

5. In what city is the Florida State Prison located?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the seeming difference between how the Supreme Court views indigence and how Gideon was treated in the lower court?

2. What is the nature of Gideon's petition to the Supreme Court?

3. What is meant by federalism and how could Gideon's Supreme Court case impact it?

4. What are Gideon's intentions for his life should he be released from prison?

5. What role has Gideon assumed while in prison regarding helping some of the other inmates?

6. What is the process of a Supreme Court petition?

7. What is the famous case by which assigning attorneys to defendants is determined?

8. For what crime is Gideon serving time in a Florida prison?

9. What issue has been on the minds of the Justices lately that gives Gideon's petition some extra attention?

10. What major inadequacies does Fortas discover in the transcripts of Gideon's criminal trial?

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