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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Juror Ten point out about an eyewitness to the murder?
(a) A boy across the street saw through a window as the defendant killed his father.
(b) The neighbor down the corridor saw the defendant kill his father in the hallway.
(c) A man next door saw the defendant running away with blood on his hands.
(d) A woman who lives across the street saw the defendant kill his father.

2. Why is it clear from the dissenting juror's action that anyone could have had a weapon similar to the murder weapon?
(a) He purchased it for $2.00 from a shop near the defendant's house.
(b) He found it on the street.
(c) He purchased it for $10 from a hunting shop nearby.
(d) He borrowed it from a policeman who said they confiscate them from schoolboys all the time.

3. What is "the burden of proof"?
(a) The responsibility of proving one's innocence.
(b) The principle stating the defendant does not have to prove anything but the prosecution must prove guilt.
(c) The responsibility of the judge in proving guilt or innocence.
(d) The responsibility of the jury to come up with the right verdict.

4. How does the dissenting juror discredit the allegation that the murder weapon is unique?
(a) He presents an identical weapon taken from his own pocket.
(b) He reads an article stating that there are hundreds of similar weapons for sale in the community.
(c) He says he has used a similar weapon for hunting.
(d) He shows pictures of several similar weapons.

5. What sentence must the defendant face if proven guilty?
(a) At least thirty years imprisonment.
(b) Life imprisonment without possibility of parole.
(c) The death penalty.
(d) Life imprisonment with the possibility of parole.

6. Apart from the defendant, who was arrested for handling a weapon?
(a) The friend of the defendant.
(b) Juror Eight.
(c) The witness who took the weapon until the police arrived.
(d) The storekeeper who sold the defendant a weapon.

7. To what age group does the defendant belong?
(a) He is middle-aged.
(b) He is in his thirties.
(c) He is in his early twenties.
(d) He is a teenager.

8. In the beginning of the deliberations, how do most of the jurors demonstrate a lack of seriousness about their role as jurors?
(a) They read the newspaper.
(b) They are casual in their discussions.
(c) They do not pay attention to the details.
(d) They are concerned about how the trial has kept them from attending to their own interests.

9. What does the verdict from the second vote among jurors prove?
(a) That the dissenting juror is right in his "not guilty" verdict.
(b) That the foreman does a good job of managing the ballot.
(c) That the arguments presented by the dissenting juror had some effect.
(d) That the evidence is clearer after the discussion.

10. How does the dissenting juror suggest that the jury should proceed instead of declaring a "hung" jury?
(a) He suggests they all take a new vote.
(b) He suggests they ask for additional evidence.
(c) He suggests the eleven men vote again while he abstains; if one of the eleven votes "not guilty" they should discuss the case further.
(d) He suggests they deliberate further.

11. Which words suggest that the defendant should not have to prove his innocence?
(a) The defendant is innocent "unless the judge says he is guilty."
(b) The defendant is "innocent because there is no eye-witness."
(c) The defendant is "innocent until proven guilty."
(d) The defendant is "innocent unless the prosecution presents good evidence."

12. What kind of man is the dissenting juror?
(a) A man of conviction who does not believe in prejudice.
(b) A man who is not employed so he has no urgent business to conduct.
(c) A man of conviction who takes the role of the jury very seriously.
(d) A man who owns his own business and can control his own use of time.

13. What important facts are revealed about the circumstances of the defendant's life by the juror who votes "not guilty" in the first round of voting?
(a) He is an orphan and member of a minority group.
(b) He has had a difficult life in a ghetto without a father.
(c) He has had a difficult life in a ghetto; his mother is dead and his father has beaten him regularly.
(d) He has been in and out of prison for stealing cars.

14. Who jams the murder weapon into the wall?
(a) Juror Nine.
(b) Juror four.
(c) Juror Eight.
(d) The foreman.

15. In what way is the vote suggested by the dissenting voter different from the previous vote?
(a) The jurors individually tell the foreman their decision.
(b) The jurors vote by secret ballot.
(c) The foreman does not vote.
(d) Each juror must give a reason for his vote.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Juror Four challenge the defendant's alibi?

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

3. After eleven jurors vote "guilty" and one juror votes "not guilty", what process do the jurors decide on in order to resolve the matter?

4. Apart from the action of the dissenting juror in Act 1, what other contributions from a juror suggest there is at least one other juror willing to stand up against the behavior of others?

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

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