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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 and 14.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following is the consensus regarding appointed attorneys?
(a) Governmental funding will be required.
(b) No one attorney should withstand the continuing burden.
(c) All of these?
(d) An unpaid lawyer provides little or no real legal advice.
2. Who is the Attorney General in 1963?
(a) Daniel Ellsberg.
(b) Robert F. Kennedy.
(c) Robert McNamara.
(d) Lyndon Johnson.
3. As a general rule, the Justices' decisions follow ______________ of what's most important in the judicial system.
(a) The Attorney General's ideas.
(b) The President's ideas.
(c) The Constitution's ideals.
(d) Their own ideas.
4. Walter Mondale of Minnesota wrote to Jacob that all __________________ should have a lawyer.
(a) People.
(b) Indigents.
(c) Accused people.
(d) Felony defendants.
5. What can a lay person not be expected to know?
(a) Points of law.
(b) Supreme Court Justices.
(c) Attorney phone numbers.
(d) Legal fees.
Short Answer Questions
1. For how long are Supreme Court Justices on the bench?
2. Why did Jacob only have evenings and weekends to devote to the states' case against Gideon?
3. How old was Gideon when he ran away from home to escape his strict stepfather?
4. What is the main reason a defendant does not have an attorney?
5. What is unique about Gideon's petition to the U.S. Supreme Court?
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