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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. Immediately following Gideon's case, how many cases does the Supreme Court send back to the Florida State Supreme Court ordering it to reconsider those cases in light of Gideon vs. Wainwright?
(a) 7.
(b) 100.
(c) 35.
(d) 10.

2. Which of the following is NOT a Justice seated during Gideon's Supreme Court case?
(a) John Marshall Harlan.
(b) Daniel Ellsberg.
(c) Earl Warren.
(d) Arthur J. Goldberg.

3. Attorneys should view questions as _______________________.
(a) Learning experiences.
(b) Opportunities to persuade.
(c) Formalities to be endured.
(d) Necessary evils.

4. George Mantz of ____________ admits that his state's courts could soon follow the trend to appoint attorneys in all cases.
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Louisiana.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long are Supreme Court Justices on the bench?

2. 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.

3. What is the main reason a defendant does not have an attorney?

4. Alabama's brief declares that ___________________ is more likely to be acquitted.

5. What do some people at the state level want to see implemented?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the premise of the Betts vs. Brady case in 1942?

2. What does John Hart Ely discover about Florida cases while doing research for Gideon's Supreme Court case?

3. What are a couple reasons that the Supreme Court works so well in terms of independent thinking?

4. What is Justice Black's statement about Betts when he offers the Supreme Court opinion?

5. How could Gideon vs. Wainwright overthrow the Betts vs. Brady decision that was enacted just 20 years prior?

6. Compare and contrast the legal resources for Jacob representing states' rights and Fortas representing just one man.

7. How do Fortas and Jacob differ in their perceptions of Supreme Court procedure?

8. What flaw does Fortas present in determining decisions on a case-by-case basis?

9. Who is Bruce Robert Jacob and what is his role in Gideon's Supreme Court trial?

10. What form of support does Jacob get to help him defend the state position in the trial?

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