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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the formal name of Gideon's Supreme Court case?
(a) Gideon vs. Wainwright.
(b) Gideon vs. The State of Florida.
(c) Gideon vs. The United States of America.
(d) Gideon vs. Cochran.

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

3. Why did Gideon never move his family out of Panama City?
(a) They didn't want to leave their school.
(b) His wife didn't want to move.
(c) He never had the money.
(d) They had family in the area.

4. What do some attorneys consider oral arguments to be?
(a) An imperative.
(b) A nuisance.
(c) A formality.
(d) A waste of time.

5. Abe Fortas indicates that a lawyer would have known that ____________ could have been a defense for the crime.
(a) Drunkenness.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Righteous anger.
(d) Being high.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gideon send money to his parents when he is in jail in the mid-1930s?

2. The Supreme Court is bound not so much by laws as by the trends and ____________ of the Justices who serve.

3. In most cases the majority of the work falls on _________________.

4. How many justices sit on the Supreme Court?

5. Who replaces Justice Frankfurter when he retires?

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