Sarah Is Attacked by Jane as She Is Getting Her

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Multiple Choice

Sarah is attacked by Jane as she is getting her mail from the mailbox. Sarah punches Jane and knocks her unconscious. While Jane is unconscious, Sarah continues to punch her. Sarah will not be able to use self-defense as a defense if Jane sues her for battery because:

• A) Sarah continued to inflict punishment on her attacker once the attacker was helpless
• B) Sarah did not warn her attacker that she would continue to beat her, even if the attacker stopped
• C) Sarah should not have been getting her mail alone
• D) Sarah will be able to use self-defense
• E) none of the other choices

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Definitions:

Expressionist Artist

An artist associated with expressionism, an art movement that emphasizes the expression of emotional experience over physical reality.

Gestural Abstraction

Also known as action painting. A kind of abstract painting in which the gesture, or act of painting, is seen as the subject of art. Its most renowned proponent was Jackson Pollock. See also Abstract Expressionism.

Canvas

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Abstract Expressionism

The first major American avant-garde movement, Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York City in the 1940s. The artists produced abstract paintings that expressed their state of mind and that they hoped would strike emotional chords in viewers. The movement developed along two lines: gestural abstraction and chromatic abstraction.