Match the following mental states with their definitions.

Question

A. Since the determination of this mental state can be vague, juries are required to look at the perspective of a defendant when determining whether the actions he or she took created this mental state. Peculiar characteristics of the defendant may be taken into account; for example, physical traits such as blindness may compel a person to act differently than someone with sight, and a jury can be instructed to take that into account.
B. The MPC states that a person shows this mental state if he or she voluntarily ignores a substantial and unjustified risk that a certain circumstance exists or will result from reckless conduct.
C. When determining this mental state, a jury is required to look at the perspective of the accused individual to decide whether he or she should have known that the omission involved created a substantial and unjustifiable risk.
D. A person acts with this mental state if he or she knows that his or her actions are criminal, or that attendant circumstances made an otherwise legal act a criminal one.
E. Sometimes, people will engage in "willful blindness" by not asking questions in highly suspicious circumstances and then claiming a lack of this mental state due to a lack of knowledge. To avoid such manipulation, the MPC provides that knowledge is established if a person knows that there is a high probability that such an attendant circumstance exists.
F. When a perpetrator acts with this mental state, it is his or her voluntary wish to act in a certain conduct or produce a certain result.
G. A perpetrator who buys a gun and ammunition, points the gun at a victim, and fires the gun has manifested a purpose to kill the victim, and thus is showing this mental state.
H. When a person acts with this mental state, he or she is aware of the conditions that will make the intended crime possible, or believes or hopes that they exist.
I. If a perpetrator enters an occupied dwelling in order to commit a felony inside, he or she shows this mental state if he or she is aware that it is occupied, believes it is, or hopes it is.
J. If a perpetrator fires 50 rounds into a crowd of people and kills five persons, he or she knowingly killed the victims. If the perpetrator is aware or practically certain that firing the weapon would likely result in one or more deaths, he or she possesses this mental state.
K. A person is guilty of this mental state if he or she knows or is practically certain that his or her conduct will cause this result.

Answer 1

A. Acting recklessly
B. Acting recklessly
C. Acting negligently
D. Knowingly with respect to conduct and attendant circumstances
E. Knowingly with respect to conduct and attendant circumstances
F. Purposely with respect to result or conduct
G. Purposely with respect to result or conduct
H. Purposely with respect to attendant circumstances
I. Purposely with respect to attendant circumstances
J. Knowingly causes a result
K. Knowingly causes a result