VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
A(n) ______ occurs when one person places another in fear or apprehension of an immediate,
offensive bodily contact.
a) battery
b) stalking
c) assault
d) false imprisonment ✔️✔️c
Which of the following is a commonly recognized objective of tort law?
a) Satisfy our collective sense of right and wrong
b) Satisfy our primal sense of right and wrong
c) Satisfy our subjective sense of right and wrong
d) Satisfy our subjective need for retribution ✔️✔️a
______ torts occur when the defendant takes an action intending certain consequences or
knowing they are likely to result.
a) Intentional
b) Criminal
c) Strict liability
d) Negligence ✔️✔️a
Which of the following is not a requirement of battery?
,a) Intentional
b) Offensive
c) Unwanted
d) Larcenous ✔️✔️d
Defenses available in an action for battery include ______, self-defense, defense of others, and
defense of property.
a) consent
b) contribution
c) capitulation
d) compromise ✔️✔️a
Tort law contributes to maintaining order because it ______ private retaliation by injured persons
and their friends.
a) codifies
b) mediates
c) encourages
d) discourages ✔️✔️d
If defamation is published in a permanent form, it is known as ______.
a) privileged disclosure
b) slander
c) libel
,d) slander per se ✔️✔️c
What type of defamation is made orally?
a) Libel
b) Liable
c) Slander
d) Indignation ✔️✔️c
Which of the following is a requirement of battery?
a) Licentious
b) Intentional
c) Defamatory
d) Negligent ✔️✔️b
Which tort is generally defined as the intentional publication (or communication to a third party)
of a false statement harmful to an individual's reputation?
a) Negligence
b) Absolute liability
c) Strict liability
d) Defamation ✔️✔️d
A(n) ______ occurs when one person places another in fear or apprehension of an immediate,
offensive bodily contact.
, a) battery
b) assault
c) stalking
d) false imprisonment ✔️✔️b
If defamation is published in permanent form, it is known as
a) libel.
b) slander.
c) slander per se.
d) liable. ✔️✔️a
Which of the following torts occurs when someone publicizes a private fact about another that a
reasonable person would find highly offensive?
a) Private disclosure of salient facts
b) Private disclosure of public facts
c) Public disclosure of salient facts
d) Public disclosure of private facts ✔️✔️d
The intentional publication (or communication to a third party) of a false statement harmful to an
individual's reputation is known as: ______.
a) defamation
b) absolute privilege
c) invasion of privacy