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d. Increasing penalties for rape and decreasing campus
alcohol use are the solutions to the problem of date
rape.
2. Which method of introduction does the author use?
a. anecdote
b. broad-to-narrow
c. quotation
d. contrast
3. The author implies that Sandra Abbott did not run or physically
resist the man who raped her because
a. she was afraid her attacker would kill her if she resisted.
b. she felt inviting him in was the same thing as inviting him
to have sex.
c. she was afraid of looking foolish in front of her
colleagues.
d. she was asleep at the time of the attack.
4. According to the author, which of the following is not a myth
about rape?
a. Most rapes do not result in the rapist being sent to jail.
b. Victims are often guilty of behavior that implies an
invitation to sex.
c. Most rape victims do not know their attackers.
d. If no weapon is used, then what some call rape is simply
sex.
