Practice Questions on German Diplomacy

5. Article 36 of the Vienna Convention requires:

a. The arresting state to inform the sending state whenever one of its nationals is arrested
 b. The sending state’s consulate to provide legal representation whenever one of its nationals is arrested
c. The arresting state to inform every detained foreign national of their right to notify the sending state’s consulate
 d. The arresting state to proceed according to the laws and regulations of the sending state

6. When did LaGrand first raise a consular notice claim?
a. At the post-conviction sentencing hearing before the county judge.
 b. In his Arizona Supreme Court appeal challenge to conviction and sentence.
c. In the U.S. Supreme Court appeal from the Arizona Supreme Court
d. In the U.S. District Court
7. Why was there a delay in raising the consular notice claim?
a. LaGrand and his attorney were unaware of his rights under the treaty.
b. LaGrand believed he was a U.S. citizen by birth.
c. The German consulate declined assistance at trial.
d. LaGrand and his attorney made a strategic decision to introduce the claim in later appeals.
8. How did Germany seek to enforce its rights under the Vienna Convention?
a. Diplomatic protests to U.S. and Arizona officials.
 b. Lobbying for resolutions by international organizations
c. Litigation in the world court.
d. All of the above.
9. Why was LaGrand to be executed with gas rather than by lethal injection?
a. He was sentenced at a time when gas was the sole means of execution in Arizona.
b. He chose gas to publicize state cruelty when challenging his death sentence.
c. The authorities would not allow him to change his first choice.
d. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to find execution by lethal gas unconstitutional.
10. Which method of execution would Germany have found acceptable?
a. Electrocution
 b. Hanging 
 c. Lethal injection
 d. None of the above

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