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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is an indigent person unable to afford that a rich defendant can?
(a) Other defense methods.
(b) Bail.
(c) All of these.
(d) Psychiatric evaluations.

2. In most cases the majority of the work falls on _________________.
(a) The defense attorney.
(b) The defendant.
(c) The Attorney General.
(d) The prosecutor's office.

3. Prior to Gideons' Supreme Court case, how many of the nine Justices does Fortas think will rule in his favor?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

4. What would be the benefit of a public defender's office?
(a) Knowledge of courts.
(b) Knowledge of judges.
(c) Better compensation.
(d) Familiarity with areas.

5. Who replaces Justice Frankfurter when he retires?
(a) Justice Arthur Goldman.
(b) Justice Arthur Goldberg.
(c) Justice Avery Gillette.
(d) Justice Alan Ginsburg.

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

7. What is the case in which six black boys were accused of rape of two white girls in 1932?
(a) The Missouri Case.
(b) The Petersborough Case.
(c) The Scotsboro Case.
(d) The Alabama Case.

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

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

10. Which of the following is true of Gideon's case?
(a) A senior partner of the firm did the majority of the writing for the brief.
(b) Expensive attorneys spent many hours in research.
(c) He had a large, established firm on his side.
(d) All of these.

11. How might Gideon have known about the Carnley vs. Cochran case?
(a) Radio.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Law books.
(d) TV.

12. What is the next issue following the Supreme Court's ruling in Gideon's favor?
(a) Strategy.
(b) Budget.
(c) Theory.
(d) Implementation.

13. Which of the following does the Fourteenth Amendment address?
(a) All of these.
(b) Liberty.
(c) Life.
(d) Property.

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

15. Which of the following is true regarding Supreme Court Justices?
(a) All of these.
(b) They don't seek re-election and are not indebted to anyone.
(c) They are appointed to lifetime terms.
(d) They are free to disagree.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jacob recommends that if a new law were to come from the Gideon case it should not be _______________.

2. Which of the following do the Supreme Court Justices have?

3. What did retired Justice Frankfurter say about Gideon vs. Wainwright?

4. Which of the following is the consensus regarding appointed attorneys?

5. How many other states sign Berlin's legal brief?

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