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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. What does Lily tell Oscar have been dashed?
(a) Her chance of going back to school.
(b) Her new job opportunities.
(c) Her hopes of marrying him.
(d) Her hopes of reconciling with her Daddy and receiving money.

2. What does Oscar secretly have?
(a) A new law suit.
(b) New lawyers.
(c) No lawyers.
(d) A girlfriend.

3. 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 Oscar loses the lawsuit, proving the play is not worth stealing.
(c) Once Oscar's play is on Broadway.
(d) Once Father realizes how good the movie was.

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

5. How does Christina feel about living with Oscar?
(a) Getting used to him.
(b) Near her wits' end.
(c) She wants him to move in permanently.
(d) She enjoys being with her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Basie finds dialogue between Kane and Thomas about justice familiar, and Oscar says it is from what?

2. What does J. Harret Ruth share with Senator Orney Bilk?

3. How does Oscar feel about Father having no time to read his play?

4. A copy of District Judge Crease's Instructions to the Jury in the case of Fickert v. Ude arrives in the mail. What are jurors told to do?

5. Why does Oscar fail to notice Lily's new hairdo?

(see the answer key)

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