View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Charles Nesson?

2. How much does the maple conference table in Schlictmann's office cost?

3. In the 1970s who is the world's foremost expert in leukemia clusters?

4. EPA's issue with the tannery involves what?

5. What chemical does the state environmental department find in the water of Wells G and H?

Short Essay Questions

1. Beatrice offers an $8 million settlement before trial. What two things would this settlement achieve for Schlictmann?

2. Why did Rikki Klieman, a female lawyer, invite Schlictmann to go to Puerto Rico?

3. Why does John J. Riley sell the tannery to Beatrice Foods?

4. Why does Cheeseman implead Unifirst into the case as a third defendant?

5. Briefly describe Jerome Facher's legal qualifications.

6. When Dr. John Truman is convinced that the number of incidents of leukemia constitute a cluster, what does he do?

7. How does Anthony Roisman become involved in the Woburn case?

8. Briefly describe what the "Woodshed Conference" is.

9. What does Schlictmann do with the money he won in the Casey case?

10. When Anne Anderson begins her own investigation into the leukemia cluster, what is her initial step?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

If you were a lawyer, would you take the case? Why or why not? What factors would influence your decision?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the two lawyers Jan Schlictmann and Jerome Facher. Is one more effective in the trial?

Essay Topic 3

What effect does the judge's four questions to the jury have on the verdict? Include what the four questions are, what the difficulties are, etc.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 618 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample