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"Law and Order" - "Life Choice" Quiz

This episode from the first season of the original "Law and Order" stands as one of its most shocking dramas. Hope you enjoy this quiz on it. Thanks.

A multiple-choice quiz by neon000. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
neon000

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
273,278

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1503

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. The episode opens to the sight of an attack on an abortion clinic. Which of the following events is it? Hint

Arson

Armed robbery

Shooting

Bombing

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Question 2 of 10

2. The detectives find an important clue in Mary Donovan's car. What is it? Hint

A photograph of Mary with her friends

A bill for repairs to the car

A notebook with names and phone numbers

A flier from an anti-abortion group

3. The police speak to Mary's family. Her brother Kevin, who works in a lumber yard, says that Mary's father has struggled to deal with the shock of the event. What did her brother say was a sign of this? Hint

Her father doesn't want to eat

Her father stopped reading the mail

Her father made some coffee and poured it down the drain

Her father doesn't shave anymore

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Question 4 of 10

4. The detectives talk to Mary's boyfriend. Where does he work? Hint

A private school

A shipping company

A car repair shop

A fish market

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Question 5 of 10

5. The detectives go to the home of Mary Donovan's parents. What happens there? Hint

The parents are both in shock and can hardly talk

The parents refuse to see the police

The parents are both upset but disagree about what Mary did

There are media trucks waiting outside

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Question 6 of 10

6. The detectives find out that Patrick Dunne had an additional connection to the incident. What is it? Hint

His fingerprints were on a fake ID card Mary had with her

He called the nurse and pretended Mary needed an appointment

He made a disguise for Mary to wear at the clinic

He had made threats to a doctor at the clinic

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Question 7 of 10

7. Patrick Dunne breaks down under police questioning. What does he say? Hint

Mary had gone to the clinic to get an abortion

Mary had wanted to quit the group

He had wanted to go to the clinic instead

He was about to be fired by the school

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Question 8 of 10

8. The district attorney's office proceeds with the case. Of the following, who is indicted? Hint

Leila, Rose Schwimmer's assistant

Patrick Dunne, Mary's boyfriend

Geoffrey Donovan, Mary's father

Rose Schwimmer, head of Women for Life

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Question 9 of 10

9. The defendant insists on testifying. Which of the following does he or she say? Hint

There have been death threats since the trial began

The incident was justified

No one really knows the truth

The lawyer provided was incompetent

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Question 10 of 10

10. Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone gets in one last remark. What is it about? Hint

If the defendant regards abortion as "murder," the incident at the clinic was essentially the same

Why did the defendant put themselves above the law?

Nobody else at the organization supported the clinic incident

Why didn't the defendant care what happened to the victim's parents?

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The episode opens to the sight of an attack on an abortion clinic. Which of the following events is it?

Answer: Bombing

The attack kills one person at the center. When the detectives take up the case, they soon find themselves in a heated debate about the abortion issue.

2. The detectives find an important clue in Mary Donovan's car. What is it?

Answer: A flier from an anti-abortion group

The flier names an organization called "Women for Life." Group members say they are opposed to violence, and just as surprised as anyone else by the outcome of events. This group is fictional and has no relationship to any real organizations with similar names.

Answer: Her father made some coffee and poured it down the drain

Mary's brother is, understandably, also deeply shaken. "Just like that, I had a sister, and now I don't."

4. The detectives talk to Mary's boyfriend. Where does he work?

Answer: A private school

Patrick Dunne is a teacher. So was Mary, prior to her death. Patrick says he and Mary had talked about getting married.

5. The detectives go to the home of Mary Donovan's parents. What happens there?

Answer: The parents are both upset but disagree about what Mary did

Mary's father, Geoffrey, says the woman "did what she did out of her own conscience." Her mother, Barbara, says that even so, it wasn't worth it, because Mary can't come home and enjoy what would have happened in the rest of her life.

6. The detectives find out that Patrick Dunne had an additional connection to the incident. What is it?

Answer: His fingerprints were on a fake ID card Mary had with her

Dunne is taken in for questioning, as is Mary Donovan's brother, Kevin. Barbara Donovan tells the police Mary had gotten in a fight with Dunne the day of the clinic incident, and Kevin broke it up.

7. Patrick Dunne breaks down under police questioning. What does he say?

Answer: Mary had gone to the clinic to get an abortion

Patrick reveals that Mary was at the clinic as a patient. This, then, completely confounds the theories as to who put the device in Mary's car and why. Kevin Donovan, meanwhile, is furious that Patrick talked about it. He jumps up and punches Patrick. Kevin is promptly arrested.

8. The district attorney's office proceeds with the case. Of the following, who is indicted?

Answer: Rose Schwimmer, head of Women for Life

A woman named Celeste McClure was found to have the fertilizer used to make the bomb. She agrees to testify about Rose's involvement in the case.

9. The defendant insists on testifying. Which of the following does he or she say?

Answer: The incident was justified

Rose Schwimmer takes the stand in her own defense. She had earlier refused to accept a plea bargain. She makes an impassioned speech. When she stands up, the judge tells her to stop. Schwimmer refuses.

10. Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone gets in one last remark. What is it about?

Answer: If the defendant regards abortion as "murder," the incident at the clinic was essentially the same

Stone says that if Schwimmer thinks abortion is "murder," then "weren't you guilty of murder when the bomb killed Mary Donovan's unborn child?" Despite this direct confrontation, Schwimmer stands behind her plea of not guilty. She is, nevertheless, convicted of second-degree felonies in murder and arson.

Source: Author neon000

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