14.A+ Mining engages in blasting in its mining operations. Any injuries resulting from the blasting would be subject to strict liability because:

a. ____ Blasting is a negligent activity

b. ____ Mining can be done several ways without blasting

c. ____ Blasting is an inherently dangerous activity

d. ____ A+ is a mining company

15.Ann and Thomas are both interviewing for the same entry level position at a downtown business. Ann is a good student. Thomas struggles with Business Law. Ann leaves her backpack on a library table to go get some lunch. Thomas opens Ann's backpack, and takes out her Business Law binder hoping to copy of her unit review answers and put the binder back before she returns. Ann takes her backpack and runs to Business Law class before Thomas gets back. Ann does not have her assignment to turn in at class. Thomas may be liable to Ann for:

a. ____ Trespass to personal property

b. ____ Conversion

c. ____ Misappropriation

d. ____ Invasion of privacy

16.In the preceding question, what tort may Thomas have committed if Ann's binder also contains a photo of her working as a stripper at a Dallas club, Thomas emails a copy of the photo to the personnel director at the business where they are interviewing, and Thomas gets the job.

a. ____ Misappropriation

b. ____ Invasion of privacy

c. ____ Trespass to personal property

d. ____ Conversion

17.Store Owner detains a shopper whom he suspects is shoplifting. Store Owner's action in detaining the shopper could be false imprisonment if:

a. ____ Shopper has probable cause to believe that Store Owner acted deceitfully

b. ____ Store Owner detained Shopper for an unreasonably long time

c. ____ Witnesses state that Shopper is innocent

d. ____ Shopper did not shoplift

18.Susan lives on her family's 300 acre ranch. One day Susan is sunbathing topless at her pool when the neighboring rancher Tom drives his pick-up truck up Susan's driveway, past the pool where she is sunbathing, and across her field to his stock pond on the other side of her property. Tom honks his horn and whistles to Susan out of his window. Tom may have committed:

a.____ Invasion of privacy

b. ____ Trespass to land, but only if he damaged the land

c.____ Trespass to personal property

d. ____ Trespass to land, but only if he did not have permission to drive there

19.Ann is watering plants in her garden. Marc walks past holding an aerosol can marked WASP SPRAY and he tells her he is going to the back of the building to spray a wasp nest. Two minutes later, Marc suddenly appears in front of Ann with the spray can aimed at her face. He does not spray anything, but Ann is startled and she jumps backward in her attempt to avoid being sprayed. Ann is not touched by Marc nor is she sprayed, but in her hurry to get away she falls over the hose, tearing her slacks and cutting her knee. What tort has Marc likely committed?

a. ____ no actionable tort

b. ____ gross negligence

c. ____ assault

d. ____ battery

e. ____ intentional infliction of emotional distress

20.Start with the same facts as the preceding question, but this time when Marc appears in front of Ann he actually sprays her. Some of the spray touches Ann's face and her blue silk blouse. Ann is not hurt, and it turns out that the can actually contains iced tea, but Ann's blouse is stained and may be ruined. Now what tort has Marc likely committed?

a. ____ no actionable tort

b. ____ gross negligence

c. ____ assault

d. ____ battery

e. ____ intentional infliction of emotional distress

21.Adam is driving a car too fast in the snow. He looses control of the car and crashes into a telephone pole. The pole, which was previously damaged, falls over onto Beth's house, injuring Beth who is in her bed on the second floor. Beth would not have been injured but for Adam's negligent driving. As to Beth's injuries, Adam's negligence is definitely:

a. ____ intervening cause

b. ____ superceding cause

c. ____ cause-in-fact

d. ____ proximate cause

22.To protect its customers and other business invitees, Local Retail Store has a duty to warn them of:

a. ____ obvious dangers

b. ____ all dangers

c. ____ hidden dangers

d. ____ no dangers