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

2. Why does Oscar demand a subpoena of Kiester's records?
(a) To waste time.
(b) To prove that the movie is based on his play.
(c) To annoy Kiester.
(d) To prove the ad campaign is a last-minute attempt to poison the atmosphere over Szyrk.

3. In the 1930s, the yellow press ran stories about Grandfather doing what?
(a) Running for governor.
(b) Hiring substitutes in both the Union and Confederate armies who ended up killing one another
(c) Becoming a lawyer and finally a judge.
(d) Opening a secret dive bar during the days of Prohibition.

4. In the morning, about what does Oscar read?
(a) His case being dismissed.
(b) His wildfires in California.
(c) A drop in interest rates.
(d) The injuries, arrests, and a nationwide outpouring of grief for Spot.

5. 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?
(a) Sift through evidence and conflicting testimony for facts.
(b) Use their emotions to decide what is right.
(c) Look for editing mistakes.
(d) Compare the case to their own lives.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Basie doubts Oscar has a case, but leaves doing what?

3. Basie says a newspaper report has raised hopes in Oscar's case, provided what?

4. The medical reports verify drowning as the proximate cause of death, so what are the jurors supposed to do?

5. How does Christina feel about living with Oscar?

(see the answer key)

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