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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many pages does Gideon's Supreme Court petition contain?
(a) 11.
(b) 23.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

2. 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) But he will look them up if it takes forever.
(c) Is trying to learn the best he can.
(d) Knows there are many of them.

3. What is one caveat for a person who brings a petition before the Supreme Court?
(a) He must be indigent.
(b) He must have been hurt by a legal action.
(c) He must be illiterate.
(d) He must have money for an attorney.

4. The Supreme Court always seems to take the word of the person who claims _______________.
(a) Insanity.
(b) Innocence.
(c) Indigence.
(d) Youth.

5. 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) They had family in the area.
(d) He never had the money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What payment does an attorney representing a client in a Supreme Court case receive?

2. What does Gideon tell his attorney is the primary reason he needs to get out of jail?

3. Because wages are so low when Gideon moves his family to Florida, what does he do to supplement the income?

4. With whom does Gideon file a petition?

5. Abe Fortas knows little of Gideon's first trial and little of _____________________.

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