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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. In Gideon's reply to the Florida Attorney General's document, Gideon states that he can't cite laws such as the Florida Attorney General has, but that he "_____________________________."
(a) Has good intentions.
(b) Is trying to learn the best he can.
(c) Knows there are many of them.
(d) But he will look them up if it takes forever.

2. Gideon writes a letter of ____________ pages to Abe Fortas to tell him what really happened.
(a) 15.
(b) 22.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

3. What does Gideon say about the prison facilities for filing court documents?
(a) They are inadequate.
(b) They are better than he imagined.
(c) They do not exist.
(d) They are excellent.

4. Why does Gideon send money to his parents when he is in jail in the mid-1930s?
(a) To buy food for his brothers and sisters.
(b) They lost their house in the Great Depression.
(c) To put in a savings account for him.
(d) To pay for legal fees.

5. On what type of paper is Gideon's petition written?
(a) Regular typing paper.
(b) Linen letterhead.
(c) Prison forms.
(d) Prison paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gideon says that prisoners have ___________ contact with attorneys?

2. Why does Gideon say he needs to get out of prison?

3. What is the only thing Gideon's landlady testifies to when Gideon questions her?

4. How do some of the Supreme Court Justices consider their power?

5. At what type of work does Gideon say he could make a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Gideon allowed an attorney for his Supreme Court case and who is the man appointed to represent him?

2. What sentence does Gideon receive for the petty larceny charge?

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

4. What compensation does an attorney representing a client in a Supreme Court case get?

5. What is the premise of GIDEON'S TRUMPET?

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

7. What is so unusual about Gideon's tenacity in preparing his petition to the Supreme Court?

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

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

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

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