Quiz on בבא קמא לב

One person was walking in the street with a beam, and the second with a barrel. They collided, and the barrel broke. What’s the halachah?
1. The owner of the beam is always Chayav.
2. The owner of the beam is always Potur.
3. When both are walking, the owner of the beam is Potur, for the impact was caused by both people’s movement.
4. The person in front is always Chayav.
5. The person in front is always Potur.
A cow walking in the Reshus Harabbim has no right to:
1. Eat grass growing on the road.
2. Kick a cow crouching on the road.
3. Step on a cow crouching on the road.
4. Answers B and C.
5. The cow can do whatever it wants; it’s a Reshus Harabbim!
Someone who runs in the Reshus Harabbim and causes damage:
1. Is always Potur.
2. Is always Chayav.
3. Is Potur on Erev Shabbos, and is Chayav during the rest of the week.
4. Is Potur on Erev Shabbos, and is Chayav during the rest of the week if only he was running. If both were running, he is Potur.
5. Is Potur on Erev Shabbos, is definitely Chayav during the week if only he is running, and there is a Machlokes if both were running during the week.
When someone walks into a blacksmith’s shop without his permission and is killed by flying sparks:
1. The smith is Chayav Golus.
2. The smith is Potur from Golus, this place is not comparable to the “Ya’ar” discussed by the Torah.
3. The smith is Potur from Golus; this crime is Kurov LaMaizid, for which Golus would not be a Kapparah.
4. Machlokes between answers B and C.
5. Machlokes between answers A, B, and C.
Why isn’t a blacksmith Chayav Golus for inadvertently killing his apprentice with flying sparks?
1. An apprentice doesn’t really want to learn, so he can be assumed to have left the shop.
2. The smith may be assumed to have gotten frustrated and annoyed with his apprentice, so he is Kurov LaMaizid, for which Golus would not be a Kapparah.
3. He told the apprentice to leave, and an apprentice has a fear of his master, which lets us to assume that he left the shop.
4. He told the apprentice to leave, so it’s the apprentice’s fault if he didn’t.
5. He is never Chayav Golus; “A man’s shop is his castle!”