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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 14 (through page 405).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The medical reports verify drowning as the proximate cause of death, so what are the jurors supposed to do?
(a) Decide if the boy did in fact drown.
(b) Decide if there are any intervening causes within the defendant's control, which would make him liable for the death.
(c) If the boy had any medical conditions.
(d) How deep the water was.

2. How does Oscar feel about Father having no time to read his play?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Livid.
(d) Reassured.

3. What does J. Harret Ruth share with Senator Orney Bilk?
(a) A desire to see Father rejected for the appeals court.
(b) A desire to become judges in the appeals court.
(c) A desire to support Father in his courtroom.
(d) A desire to rule the world.

4. When might Oscar's conflict with Father, since he saw the movie, blow over?
(a) Once Father realizes the movie is based on Oscar's play.
(b) Once Father realizes how good the movie was.
(c) Once Oscar loses the lawsuit, proving the play is not worth stealing.
(d) Once Oscar's play is on Broadway.

5. Basie finds dialogue between Kane and Thomas about justice familiar, and Oscar says it is from what?
(a) Plato's Republic.
(b) Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
(c) Thomas Jefferson's autobiography.
(d) Shakespeare's Othello.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the morning, about what does Oscar read?

2. What does Christina say should have been an early sign Oscar would never please Father?

3. How much is the settlement offer worth about which Christina tells Harry?

4. What are the jurors to disregard during the drowning case?

5. Who is the "Murderer" being burnt in effigy?

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