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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which juror rebukes Juror Ten for his racist comment?
(a) Juror Seven.
(b) Juror Nine.
(c) Juror Eight.
(d) The foreman.

2. What is a hung jury?
(a) One in which the jurors cannot reach a unanimous verdict.
(b) One in which the jurors recommend hanging.
(c) One in which the evidence is inconclusive.
(d) One in which the foreman cannot control the jurors.

3. Which juror asks the guard to bring in the murder weapon for closer examination?
(a) Juror Nine.
(b) Juror Eight.
(c) The foreman.
(d) Juror Three.

4. What term used in Act 1 establishes that the defendant is thought to have committed a murder that is intentional and deliberately planned ahead of time?
(a) Second degree murder.
(b) Murder with malice aforethought.
(c) First degree murder.
(d) Manslaughter.

5. 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 purchased it for $10 from a hunting shop nearby.
(c) He borrowed it from a policeman who said they confiscate them from schoolboys all the time.
(d) He found it on the street.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the dissenting juror discredit the allegation that the murder weapon is unique?

5. What is the state of mind of most of jurors as they enter the jury room?

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