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Knowing right from wrong is to ________ as unlawful act was the product of mental disease is to ________.
 
  a. irresistible impulse; Durham Rule
  b. M'Naghten Rule; Durham Rule
  c. Durham Rule; M'Naghten Rule
  d. M'Naghten Rule; irresistible impulse

Question 2

The Durham Rule
 
  a. made the criteria for establishing insanity more objective.
  b. focused on the cause of an unlawful act.
  c. established that one was sane unless they did not know right from wrong.
  d. is often referred to as the substantial capacity test.

Question 3

The broadest of the insanity rules is the
 
  a. M'Naughten Rule.
  b. irresistible impulse rule.
  c. Durham Rule.
  d. Federal Insanity Defense Reform Act.

Question 4

Which of the following changed with the Federal Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984?
 
  a. It became much easier for defendants to quality for the insanity defense.
  b. It narrowed the definition of insanity to the product test (Durham Rule).
  c. It abolished the knowing right from wrong principle.
  d. It put the burden of proof on the defense.

Question 5

An attorney says, My client has a mental disorder that made it impossible, at the time of the crime, to have intended to do harm. Because of this, he is not legally responsible for his actions. The attorney is arguing for
 
  a. involuntary commitment.
  b. the Tarasoff principle.
  c. deinstitutionalization of his client.
  d. an insanity defense.

Answer to #1

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Answer to #2

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Answer to #3

c. Durham Rule.

Answer to #4

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Answer to #5

d. an insanity defense.

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