Twelve Angry Men | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Act I

1. What is the setting in which the reader first meets the twelve characters who give the play its name?

2. How many days has the trial been going on when the jurors begin their deliberations?

3. At what time of year does the jury in Twelve Angry Men meet to hear testimony and determine a verdict?

4. Before the jurors depart for the jury room, who gives them final instructions?

5. Who is the defendant and for what is he being tried?

6. What sentence must the defendant face if proven guilty?

7. What is "the burden of proof"?

8. In what process does the defendant ask questions of the prosecution's witnesses?

9. Which words suggest...
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