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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How old was Gideon when he ran away from home to escape his strict stepfather?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 16.
2. How many does does the opposing side on a case have to respond once a petition submitted to the Supreme Court?
(a) 15.
(b) 90.
(c) 30.
(d) 60.
3. On what type of paper is Gideon's petition written?
(a) Linen letterhead.
(b) Prison forms.
(c) Regular typing paper.
(d) Prison paper.
4. What is the date of Gideon's reply to the Florida Attorney General's office that Gideon did not have right to counsel?
(a) May 25, 1963.
(b) November 22, 1963.
(c) April 21, 1963.
(d) January 15, 1966.
5. Why is Gideon filing an appeal to his case?
(a) He had no trial before going to prison.
(b) He had no attorney at his trial.
(c) He had to wait six months before going to trial.
(d) He had a junior attorney at his trial.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following does Henry Cook state that Henry did on the morning of June 3?
2. With whom does Gideon file a petition?
3. In what city in Florida did Gideon reside?
4. Gideon writes a letter of ____________ pages to Abe Fortas to tell him what really happened.
5. Is Gideon guaranteed an attorney during a Supreme Court trial?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the nature of Gideon's petition to the Supreme Court?
2. What compensation does an attorney representing a client in a Supreme Court case get?
3. How many Supreme Court Justices are there and how large is their support staff?
4. What is the famous 1940s case whose precedent denied Gideon an attorney at his criminal trial?
5. What is the process of a Supreme Court petition?
6. What is the typical course for a case to reach the Supreme Court?
7. How does Fortas get the information he needs about Gideon's previous trial?
8. Why is it relevant that Fortas wants to know if Gideon is a Negro?
9. What distinction did Justice Jackson once make regarding the infallibility of Supreme Court decision?
10. What is the seeming difference between how the Supreme Court views indigence and how Gideon was treated in the lower court?
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