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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would add to chaos if the Betts rule were to be overturned?
(a) Riots in prisons all across America.
(b) Law schools would have to change curriculum.
(c) Media interviews would overwhelm them.
(d) Mass filing of appeals from current prisoners.

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

3. Lawyers appearing before the Supreme Court should not be overconfident or ______________.
(a) Brash.
(b) Loud.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Ill-prepared.

4. What can a lay person not be expected to know?
(a) Attorney phone numbers.
(b) Legal fees.
(c) Supreme Court Justices.
(d) Points of law.

5. Gideon is perceived to be intelligent but ______________.
(a) Lazy.
(b) Immoral.
(c) Uneducated.
(d) Shifty.

6. When the Supreme Court ruled that federal defendants must have lawyers, a ________________ took over in place of any official body creating and funding a system that would work.
(a) Task force.
(b) Non-system.
(c) State committee.
(d) Caucus.

7. In the Betts vs. Brady case in 1942, in what state did Smith Betts live?
(a) Montana.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Maryland,

8. Which are the only two states to stand with Florida on the right to an attorney position?
(a) Tennessee and South Carolina.
(b) Mississippi and Alabama.
(c) Georgia and North Carolina.
(d) Alabama and North Carolina.

9. What do some people at the state level want to see implemented?
(a) A lottery to decide who takes a case.
(b) Another appellate court.
(c) A public defender's office.
(d) Mandatory attorney representation.

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

11. How does Gideon describe Fortas' legal brief about the case?
(a) A Godsend.
(b) Truly inspiring work.
(c) A masterpiece.
(d) Brilliant document.

12. What amazes Jacob about appearing in the Supreme Court?
(a) The informality of the proceedings.
(b) The quality of the furniture.
(c) The courtroom cameras.
(d) The huge number of people present.

13. Who typed Jacob's legal brief in the Gideon case?
(a) Jacob's wife.
(b) Law clerk.
(c) Legal secretary.
(d) Personal assistant.

14. Which of the following is the consensus regarding appointed attorneys?
(a) Governmental funding will be required.
(b) All of these?
(c) No one attorney should withstand the continuing burden.
(d) An unpaid lawyer provides little or no real legal advice.

15. Most prisoners currently jailed without the benefit of an attorney do not have which of the following characteristics that Gideon possesses?
(a) Educational level.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) All of these.
(d) Tenacity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be said about Gideon in that he stuck to the process of filing an appeal?

2. George Mantz of ____________ admits that his state's courts could soon follow the trend to appoint attorneys in all cases.

3. Who is the Attorney General in 1963?

4. Which of the following does the Fourteenth Amendment address?

5. Which of the following is an indigent person unable to afford that a rich defendant can?

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