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Wrong Mental State Misstated Rule

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

  • 19996_root-cellar-naomi · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo, because Barnabas did not know Naomi was inside and therefore lacked the intent to confine her.

    Why it's attractive

    Barnabas intentionally locked the door. That voluntary act is the confining act. The choice conflates 'intent to confine this person' with 'intent to perform the confining act.' The stem resolves it.

    Why it's wrong

    Barnabas intentionally locked the door. That voluntary act is the confining act. The choice conflates 'intent to confine this person' with 'intent to perform the confining act.' The stem resolves it.

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