Law 12 Inquiry Quiz Ms. Ripley
Instructions:
On your scantron, in pencil, indicate the correct answer by shading the correct letter.
For True and False (A is True and B is False)
1. According to our readings, "Laws" are based on:
A. Morals and cognition
B. Cognition and self-discovery
C. Perception and morals
D. Perception and common sense
E. None of the above
2. Laws are not intended to establish punishment, rather we live:
A. To educate the masses
B. To divide and conquer our society
C. To eliminate the "bad" individuals
D. To place restrictions on the general population
3. Our first unit of study can be best described as a unit of:
A. Common Sense
B. Simplicity
C. Self-Discovery
D. Inquiry
E. Rule Making
4. Every society or human community is organized according to various kinds of rules and standards for behavior.
A. True
B. False
5. The McSorley Case was about an Edmonton Oiler defenceman, Marty McSorley, who used his stick as a weapon (assault) on a Vancouver Canuck enforcer, Donald Brashear.
A. True
B. False
6. The article "Prison Time For Stealing a Stop Sign", helps law educators teach causality (cause and effect) to their students.
A. True
B. False
7. The purpose of learning about the law is to make everyone in society into a lawyer, if possible.
A. True
B. False
8. Every society or human community is organized according to various kinds of rules and standards of behavior. Sometimes the rules will benefit only a certain group and confusion appears.
A. True
B. False
9. A group of teenagers aged fourteen, fifteen and sixteen, wanted to learn to play golf. The manager of the public golf course can restrict access on the basis of age.
A. True
B. False
10. Mouseland was a fable told by:
A. Tommy Hunter
B. Douglas Hunter
C. Kiefer Sutherland
D. Donald Sutherland
E. Tommy Douglas
11. One of the lawyer’s translations to story book verses that we looked at in class was:
A. The Old Man in the Red Shoes
B. Jack and Jill
C. Humpty Dumpty Dumped Me
D. Mary had a Little Lobster
E. Baa Baa Black Angus
12. Rules and guidelines in a society should be the subject or matter of “ethics”.
A. True
B. False
13. The highest court and ultimate appeal court in Canada is the Supreme court of that province.
A. True
B. False
14. According to our reading and class discussion on hockey, "Hockey Violence" is a good example of:
A. Whenever people form groups they need to make rules and guidelines to keep order
B. What the fans need and want to experience is a good game
C. What the current hockey strike is all about
D. How the law of the strongest shall survive
E. None of the above
15. Robert Latimer's daughter, Tracy, suffered from:
A. Down's Syndrome
B. Cystic Fibrosis
C. Cerebral Palsy
D. Sickle Cell Anemia
E. Epilepsy
16. In Canada, the system of justice is administered by:
A. The Queen
b. The Queen and Senate
C. The Senate and Parliament
D. The Queen and appointed Judges
E. Appointed Judges both federally and provincially
17. The "McDonald's Coffee Case" was about an elderly woman who got almost 3 million dollars for burning herself when she spilled a cup of coffee she purchased at a McDonald's drive-thru.
A. True
B. False
18. The outcome of the McSorley case was a subsequent sentence of a conditional discharge with pending conditions.
A. True
B. False
19. Don Sandburg wrote the book, "The Legal Guide to Mother Goose".
A. True
B. False
20. In our course documents about some of the crazy laws in Canada, the book in which we find numerous examples is called "You Can't Do That In Canada".
A. True
B. False
21. The Public School Board asks prospective teachers to list on their job applications all of the organizations to which they belong. This is legal to insure the safety of students.
A. True
B. False
22. An employer may ask that an applicant be of legal age to work; however, minimum height and weight requirements will, intentionally or unintentionally, screen out classes of persons from this employment opportunity.
A. True
B. False
23. Four friends have just left a neighborhood party. (They are all legal drinking age.) The time is 2:00 am. They have had a few drinks but are walking towards home, a cruiser drives up alongside them, stops, and the police get out. In this particular situationthe four friends will be in trouble with the police.
A. True
B. False
24. Bobby and Jim, both 11 years old, go downtown to Loring's Department Store. While swinging his baseball, Bobby accidentally breaks a display case. Bobby could be held responsible and be sued in court?
A. True
B. False
25. With our first reading, "A Curious Love Story", what is the key motivating factor one needs to look at before making a conclusion about the story's outcome?
A. Morals
B. Perception
C. Beliefs
D. Values
E. All of the above
26. "Gentlemen, Your Verdict" the story tells about
A. 20 trapped Canadian soldiers in W.W.I
B. 20 trapped men in Waco, Texas
C. 20 young ladies who have charged a doctor
D. 20 high school students trapped in their Law class
E. none of the above
27. "A Curious Love Story" has a variety of characters. Which of the characters listed plays a relevant part of the story?
A. A lonely Woman
B. A ferry operator
C. A handsome and sporty lover
D. A distant husband
E. All of the above
28. The extraordinary history of the case R. V. Latimer includes important issues such as: the competence of the judge, the use of the defence of necessity, and jury nullification.
A. True
B. False
29. In the show “The Practice” Darrell was able to get off because:
A. He tricked Eleanor in letting Eddy testify
B. Eleanor tried her hardest in the case
C. There was not enough evidence to conclude that Darrell indeed killed the boy
D. Richard is a poor lawyer
30. Law class is:
A. Enriching, Educational and Inspiring
B. The Best class I have ever taken
C. Awesome
D. Fundamental to my development as an academic
E. All of the Above