2. A plaintiff filed a complaint in a federal district court. The complaint asserted a state law claim based on a breach of contract against an individual defendant from whom \$50,000 in damages was sought. The individual defendant was the majority shareholder of the corporate defendant. None of the parties was a citizen of the same state. Does the federal court have jurisdiction over this action?
a. Yes, because the defendant and plaintiff are from different states.
b. No, because the plaintiff's breach of contract claim would not win anyway.
c. No, because the amount-in-controversy requirement is not met.
d. Yes, because the claim raises a federal question.
3. A man liked to exercise late at night in the gym located in his condominium. As he entered the gym one night, he heard a woman screaming for help. The man rushed over to the woman, who was trapped under an 80-pound barbell. The man lifted the barbell off the woman, but injured his back in his rush to help the woman. The woman thanked the man, and told him that she knew she should not have been lifting the barbell by herself because it was too heavy for someone her size. The man has brought a negligence action against the woman to recover for his back injury. Will he prevail?
a. Yes, because the man's actions were reasonable given the woman's need for help.
b. Yes, because the woman failed to exercise reasonable care.
c. No, because the man had no affirmative duty to help the woman.
d. No, because the man's own negligence was the cause of his injury.
4. An inexperienced unicycle rider takes a test run on the city streets. He tries to stop for a red light but his balance is so unsteady that he continues through the ready light and into the intersection. A vehicle is approaching from an intersecting street and has a full green light. The driver sees the unicycle ahead in the intersection but figures that the unicycle will be through the intersection by the time he gets there. He keeps driving and runs over the unicycle rider. The rider files a claim for negligence against the driver. What happens?
a. The rider will win because the driver was more negligent than the rider.
b. The driver will win because the rider was assuming the risk by entering the intersection against the light.
c. The rider will win, but his award will be reduced because he was contributorily negligent.
d. The driver will win because the rider went through the red light.
