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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What amazes Jacob about appearing in the Supreme Court?
(a) The quality of the furniture.
(b) The huge number of people present.
(c) The informality of the proceedings.
(d) The courtroom cameras.
2. Jacob recommends that if a new law were to come from the Gideon case it should not be _______________.
(a) In effect for a year.
(b) Publicized.
(c) Enforced.
(d) Retroactive.
3. Lawyers appearing before the Supreme Court should not be overconfident or ______________.
(a) Brash.
(b) Ill-prepared.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Loud.
4. How many people other than Jacob are on Jacob's law team in the Gideon case?
(a) None.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.
5. Which law school does John Hart Ely attend?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Yale.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Harvard.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does the right to an attorney issue become even greater on the state level?
2. One of the Justices asks Jacob if he believes all the prisoners currently jailed without benefit of an attorney are __________________.
3. What can be said about Gideon in that he stuck to the process of filing an appeal?
4. 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.
5. Who is the Attorney General in 1963?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Jacob's opinion on the retroactive element of any law which may evolve from Gideon's Supreme Court case?
2. What is Justice Black's statement about Betts when he offers the Supreme Court opinion?
3. What is the author's reply to those who may question whether a case like Gideon's should be managed through legislation or allowed to proceed to the Supreme Court?
4. What does John Hart Ely discover about Florida cases while doing research for Gideon's Supreme Court case?
5. How could Gideon vs. Wainwright overthrow the Betts vs. Brady decision that was enacted just 20 years prior?
6. Who is Bruce Robert Jacob and what is his role in Gideon's Supreme Court trial?
7. What form of support does Jacob get to help him defend the state position in the trial?
8. What flaw does Fortas present in determining decisions on a case-by-case basis?
9. What could be the reason that the Supreme Court Justices selected Fortas to represent Gideon?
10. What is State Judge Walter V. Schaefer's reasoning on why the right to an attorney is greater than all other rights?
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