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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is Gideon's case forwarded to the Supreme Court Justices?
(a) March 24, 1960.
(b) February 14, 1969.
(c) December 24, 1961.
(d) February 8, 1962.

2. For what crime is Gideon serving time in prison?
(a) Murder.
(b) Petty larceny.
(c) Statutory Rape.
(d) Grand Theft Auto.

3. Abe Fortas knows little of Gideon's first trial and little of _____________________.
(a) Florida prisons.
(b) petty larceny.
(c) Gideon himself.
(d) Florida rules.

4. Who did Gideon marry in 1955?
(a) Louise Cooper.
(b) Velma Cooper.
(c) Doris Clawson.
(d) Connie Martin.

5. Who is the young lawyer assigned to defend the state's position in Gideon's case?
(a) Michael Morris.
(b) Bruce Robert Jacob.
(c) Clayton Hall.
(d) Robert Bruce.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Supreme Court always seems to take the word of the person who claims _______________.

2. Where does Abe Fortas practice law?

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

4. What sentence did Gideon receive in his first trial?

5. 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 "_____________________________."

(see the answer key)

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