1. Read the following quotation from the excerpt above and decide if it contains explicit evidence: “I suppose that there will be no question of fact, substantially, in the case when all of the evidence is out, and it will be for you to decide under the charge of his honor, the Judge, whether or not the defendant committed the offense of voting for a representative in Congress upon that occasion.”
A. This statement contains no explicit evidence because the lawyer uses the words "whether or not," showing that this statement is implied rather than verified.
B. This statement contains explicit evidence because the lawyer uses the phrase "defendant committed the offense."
C. This statement contains no explicit evidence because the lawyer is presenting his opinion.
D. Both A and C
2.Read the following quotation from the excerpt above and decide if it contains explicit evidence:
“But we do claim that upon the 5th of November, 1872, she voted, and whether she believed that she had a right to vote or not, it being a question of law, that she is within the Statute."
A. This statement contains explicit evidence because it states a verifiable fact.
B. This statement contains explicit evidence because it includes a date and an action.
C. This statement contains no explicit evidence.
D. Both A and B
4. Read the following quotation from the excerpt above and decide if it contains explicit evidence:
"We think, on the part of the Government, that there is no question about it either one way or the other, neither a question of fact, nor a question of law..."
A. This statement contains explicit evidence because it mentions the government.
B. This statement contains explicit evidence because it mentions the law.
C. This statement contains no explicit evidence.
D. Both A and B
5. Read the following quotation from the excerpt above and decide if it contains explicit evidence:
“The question in this case, if there be a question of fact about it at all, will, in my judgment, be rather a question of law than one of fact.”
A. This statement contains explicit evidence because it states a verifiable fact.
C. This statement contains no explicit evidence.