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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of Schlictmann's team remains pessimistic about the chances of a settlement after the team's initial discussions following the Phase 1 verdict?
(a) Crowley.
(b) Schlictmann.
(c) Conway.
(d) Nesson.

2. Where does Schlictmann go for vacation?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) The Far East.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Europe.

3. How long does Schlictmann's geologist say that TCE had been in the soil?
(a) At least 10 years.
(b) At least 50 years.
(c) At least 25 years.
(d) Since the 1800's.

4. On the day the lawyers return to the courtroom to meet with Judge Skinner, Eustis is sitting in the front row of the courtroom gallery. What is he reading?
(a) A proposed settlement offer.
(b) Court documents.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) A motion for a new trial.

5. Where can Nesson work without interruptions?
(a) His office.
(b) Harvard law school faculty library.
(c) His home office.
(d) The court house library.

6. What is "res judicata?"
(a) A basis for a dismissal.
(b) A basis for an appeal.
(c) A judicial decision.
(d) A legal principle.

7. How much does Schlictmann return to the families for expenses charged?
(a) $80,000.
(b) $20,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $50,000.

8. What is referred to as "Sample Z?"
(a) Drobrinski's contaminated tannery waste.
(b) Contaminated samples from Well H.
(c) Contaminated samples from Well G.
(d) Waste from the Aberjana River.

9. For opening arguments, how many spectators remain seated in the court room after Judge Skinner asks those without seats to leave?
(a) 50.
(b) 250.
(c) 200.
(d) 100.

10. Where do the second round of negotiations take place between Schlictmann's team and Grace in New York?
(a) Federal Courthouse.
(b) Four Seasons Hotel.
(c) Helmsley Palace.
(d) Grace Chemical's offices.

11. Who tells Schlictmann: "Jack Riley and Mary Ryan may have screwed up, but the judge isn't going to give you a new trial."
(a) Facher.
(b) Conway.
(c) Quarles.
(d) Nesson.

12. Facher makes frequent objections. One day during the geologist's testimony he made how many objections?
(a) 12.
(b) 22.
(c) 10.
(d) 30.

13. Toward the middle of August, where does Eustis go?
(a) To Europe.
(b) On vacation.
(c) To a settlement conference in a different case.
(d) To a legal conference.

14. Who reads Clausewitz's treatis "On War" and has the book fall open to the chapter entitled "Retreat after a Loss"?
(a) Schlictmann.
(b) Conway.
(c) Phillips.
(d) Kiley.

15. When Schlictmann meets with his client families in his offices in August, he tells them that the most difficult thing facing the plaintiffs in the upcoming phase 2 trial is the jury asking themselves what question?
(a) How do I make an impartial decision?
(b) How do I make a decision when I am bombarded with so much information?
(c) How do I make a decision if I can't understand all this technical stuff?
(d) How do I make a decision when scientists and doctors can't agree?

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Eustis take Schlictmann that has a rule that no business can be transacted there?

2. Nesson says, "That would have turned the entire case around." To what is Nesson referring?

3. Who says: "No litigant has an obligation to produce or volunteer anything that is not demanded."

4. Who is Dmitri?

5. On August 11, where does Schlictmann meet with Keating?

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