Using the federal rules of evidence, please complete the following:

1. Please provide your explanation of the text of the Rule stating that evidence must be relevant, and provide the rule number.
2. Please provide the rule number defining hearsay.
3. What are "writings" and "photographs" according to the Rules? Please also provide the Rule numbers.
4. According to the Rules, does it matter if a declarant is available to testify in considering exceptions to hearsay? Please state the applicable Rule numbers.
5. Please provide the rule number that is commonly referred to as the "Best Evidence" rule?
6. Is your weekly habit of attending an AA meeting ever admissible in a court of law? Explain your answer.
7. What is the "Rape Shield" and what purpose does it serve?
8. Can a witness's character be attacked by evidence of the witness's prior conviction of a crime?
9. Can the testimony of a witness with knowledge serve as "authentication"? Please provide the applicable rule number.
10. If the defendant in a negligence suit has made a settlement offer in the past, can the settlement offer be introduced at trial to show that he may be liable? Why or why not?