READING 2 / QUICK QUIZ

An Accusation Needs Care

3 questions. Choose the meaning or usage that best fits each situation. Try answering before reopening the passage.

1What does the prosecutor seek to do by seeking to indict the treasurer?A. Declare that the treasurer has already been convicted after a completed trial.B. Formally accuse the treasurer of a crime.C. Promise that the treasurer can never be investigated.D. Clear the treasurer of every allegation without further consideration.

2A person who has committed a felony, as established for the witness in the story, is a _____.A. jurorB. felonC. complainantD. acquitted defendant

3Which publication is libel under the facts explicitly supplied by the story?A. A notice lists a hearing time correctly and makes no allegation about the clerk.B. A review criticizes the novel's pacing without making any false statement about a real event in the story.C. A report accurately states that an investigation has opened without asserting that the accused is guilty.D. A pamphlet publishes a false theft allegation about the innocent clerk and harms the clerk's reputation.

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