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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the dissenting juror explain the defendant's record of violence?
(a) He says the defendant has been wayward because of bad company.
(b) He says the defendant has been conditioned this way by living in the ghetto.
(c) He says the defendant was left by his mother as a child.
(d) He says the defendant has an abusive father who has beaten him since he was a young boy.

2. Which juror is adamant that he will not see the defendant set free?
(a) Juror Three.
(b) Juror Ten.
(c) Juror Six.
(d) The foreman.

3. How do the jurors try to get an accurate estimate of the time of the events described by the old man?
(a) They act out the scene in the jury room and time the different events that the old man described.
(b) They ask for detailed information from the notes of the trial.
(c) They ask each juror to explain exactly what he heard the old man say.
(d) They ask the foreman to read over the transcript.

4. In what process does the defendant ask questions of the prosecution's witnesses?
(a) Witness examination.
(b) Reverse examination.
(c) Defense examination.
(d) Cross-examination.

5. How old was the defendant when he lost his mother?
(a) Six years old.
(b) Eleven years old.
(c) Nine years old.
(d) Thirteen years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the timing described in the old man's testimony affect the jurors' analysis?

2. How does Juror Eight get the others to realize that the defendant might not have killed his father although he said "I'm gonna kill you"?

3. Of what is Juror Eight accused by an angry juror after others begin to change their votes in Act II?

4. What two reasons cause a juror to believe there is reasonable doubt about the defendant's guilt after adding doubts about the old man's testimony to earlier discussions about the murder?

5. Which words suggest that the defendant should not have to prove his innocence?

(see the answer key)

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