Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. One of the elements prosecutors must prove in rape cases is that a sex act took
place.
2. The UCR’s new definition of rape includes sexual assault with an object.
3. Rape Shield laws prevent prosecutors from revealing the defendant’s sexual past.
4. A victim’s consent to engage in oral sex is sufficient for a defendant to assume
vaginal sex is consensual as well.
5. Teenagers who are the same age and over the age of consent cannot be convicted
of forcible sodomy for their joint consensual sexual acts.


1. True
2. True
3. False
4. False
5. True

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