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

2. How many other states sign Berlin's legal brief?
(a) 12.
(b) 38.
(c) 22.
(d) 17.

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

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

5. Immediately following Gideon's case, how many cases does the Supreme Court send back to the Florida State Supreme Court ordering it to reconsider those cases in light of Gideon vs. Wainwright?
(a) 100.
(b) 35.
(c) 10.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What amazes Jacob about appearing in the Supreme Court?

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

3. What "stupid answer" does Jacob give in response to a Justice?

4. Who replaces Justice Frankfurter when he retires?

5. Alabama's brief declares that ___________________ is more likely to be acquitted.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Justice Black's statement about Betts when he offers the Supreme Court opinion?

2. What does John Hart Ely discover about Florida cases while doing research for Gideon's Supreme Court case?

3. What change on the Supreme Court bench seems fortunate for Gideon's case?

4. What form of support does Jacob get to help him defend the state position in the trial?

5. What is Justice Harlan's simple statement that overturns Betts vs. Brady?

6. What major points stem from revising the method of assigning attorneys who are not compensated?

7. What is State Judge Walter V. Schaefer's reasoning on why the right to an attorney is greater than all other rights?

8. Compare and contrast the legal resources for Jacob representing states' rights and Fortas representing just one man.

9. What is the premise of the brief written by George D. Mentz of the Alabama Attorney General's office which supports Jacob's case?

10. Who is Bruce Robert Jacob and what is his role in Gideon's Supreme Court trial?

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