Test Your Understanding 5 Final Score: 8 / 8 Points A empts: 3 out of unlimited
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Ques on 1 From his talk, what can we infer Dick Carpenter II assumes about his audience?
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a) That they oppose civil forfeiture b) That they are unfamiliar with civil forfeiture
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d) That they are unlikely to sympathize with vic ms of civil forfeiture
Feedback: The answer is B. Carpenter says that he assumes his audience is familiar with
criminal forfeiture, but implies that he thinks people are unfamiliar with civil forfeiture. He talks about his surprise when he learned about civil forfeiture
Ques on 2 What is one way Dick Carpenter Il engages his audience throughout the talk? (choose all that apply)
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a) He addresses the audience directly b) He uses humor. c) He uses stories about real people d) He uses visual displays of data. e) A and B f) A,B,and C g) All of the above
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Feedback: The answer is F. Dick Carpenter addresses the audience directly when he says "you." He uses humor when talking about the oddness of the names of the cases, and he tells stories about real people. He does not use visual displays of data.
Ques on 3 What is the purpose of the opening anecdote about buying a mountain bike?
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a) To invite the audience to imagine they themselves could be a vic m of this bad policy
b) To invite the audience to sympathize with people who have been involved in the criminal jus ce system c) To provide the audience with convincing evidence d) To provide logical analysis to convince the audience of his posi on
Feedback: The answer is A. While Carpenter wants his audience to sympathize with people who have been vic ms of civil forfeiture, the way he tells the story, using the second person "you," invites the audience to imagine that they could have their property unfairly taken away from them.
Ques on 4 Given the de ni on of civil forfeiture, does the opening anecdote accurately re ect the policy issue?
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a) Yes, because anyone's property can be taken for no reason b) Yes, because anyone's property can be taken if the property has been involved in a crime V c) No, because the property has to be involved in a crime to be seized d) No, because the people whose property has been seized have to have been involved in a crime
Feedback: The answer is C. The opening anecdote imagines someone is going to buy a bike with a large amount of cash. There is no men on of a crime being commi ed; therefore, the opening anecdote does not accurately re ect the policy issue.
Ques on 5 What point is Dick Carpenter Il making with the story of Russ Caswell?
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a) That the problem is widespread b) That the problem is rare c) That civil forfeiture is similar to criminal