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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. Why does the right to an attorney issue become even greater on the state level?
(a) The states resist the change.
(b) There are more intellectually challenged defendants.
(c) There are more indigent defendants.
(d) There are judges who want to rule on a case-by-case basis.

2. The jury is Gideon's first trial was not given _____________________.
(a) Stipends for its service.
(b) Meals during its service.
(c) Any instructions for determining guilt.
(d) Hotel accommodations during its service.

3. Why was the Betts case able to prevail in 1942?
(a) People were more concerned about going to war.
(b) There was no Supreme Court then.
(c) America wasn't ready for the tenets of Gideon vs. Wainwright at that time.
(d) The Civil Rights Law was not voted in.

4. 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) 10.
(b) 35.
(c) 7.
(d) 100.

5. What is the name of another case in Florida that is similar to Gideon's regarding right to an attorney?
(a) Carnley vs. Cochran.
(b) Cromwell vs. Cooley.
(c) Carney vs. Collins.
(d) Cronin vs. Cochran.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT an area in which Abe Fortas is familiar?

2. Who is the Attorney General in 1963?

3. When is Gideon's case forwarded to the Supreme Court Justices?

4. What does Abe Fortas want before going to trial before representing Gideon?

5. Sometimes the justices have their ________________ write brief memorandums about the petitioner's file contents.

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