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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. In what city in Florida did Gideon reside?
(a) Tampa.
(b) Melbourne.
(c) Pensacola.
(d) Panama City.
2. An attorney representing a client in a Supreme Court case gets money for ________________.
(a) Hotel accommodations.
(b) Hourly billing.
(c) Travel to and from Washington D.C.
(d) Food and entertainment.
3. What role does Gideon take on in helping other inmates?
(a) Psychiatrist.
(b) Legal expert.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Godfather.
4. How many Supreme Court decisions has Gideon read?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) None.
(d) 6.
5. What is Gideon's job in prison?
(a) Electrician.
(b) Cook.
(c) Trusty.
(d) Janitor.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many does does the opposing side on a case have to respond once a petition submitted to the Supreme Court?
2. How many justices sit on the Supreme Court?
3. Is Gideon guaranteed an attorney during a Supreme Court trial?
4. The Supreme Court is bound not so much by laws as by the trends and ____________ of the Justices who serve.
5. On what type of paper is Gideon's petition written?
Short Essay Questions
1. What major inadequacies does Fortas discover in the transcripts of Gideon's criminal trial?
2. Why is Gideon allowed an attorney for his Supreme Court case and who is the man appointed to represent him?
3. What is the seeming difference between how the Supreme Court views indigence and how Gideon was treated in the lower court?
4. How does Fortas get the information he needs about Gideon's previous trial?
5. What is the premise of GIDEON'S TRUMPET?
6. Describe some of Gideon's bad childhood experiences.
7. What is the typical course for a case to reach the Supreme Court?
8. What role has Gideon assumed while in prison regarding helping some of the other inmates?
9. What kind of power do the Supreme Court Justices have and how do some of them feel about it?
10. What compensation does an attorney representing a client in a Supreme Court case get?
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