Entry Method Bait
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- CRIMINAL1
Example wrong choices
14731_midnight_hymnbook_box · CRIMINAL · Choice APeter knew that Martha was attending a late prayer meeting when he entered the townhouse.
Why it's attractive
The choice talks about whether someone was home, not Peter's intent at entry.
Why it's wrong
The choice talks about whether someone was home, not Peter's intent at entry.
14731_midnight_hymnbook_box · CRIMINAL · Choice BPeter knew that Martha kept a spare key inside a planter by the door, and he used that key to enter the townhouse.
Why it's attractive
The choice makes the entry look nonviolent but does not supply consent or negate felony intent.
Why it's wrong
The choice makes the entry look nonviolent but does not supply consent or negate felony intent.
14731_midnight_hymnbook_box · CRIMINAL · Choice CPeter left the townhouse without taking any property.
Why it's attractive
The choice looks at what happened after entry, while burglary turns on intent at entry.
Why it's wrong
The choice looks at what happened after entry, while burglary turns on intent at entry.
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