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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. How many days has the trial been going on when the jurors begin their deliberations?
(a) Five days.
(b) Six days.
(c) Three days.
(d) Seven days.

4. 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 woman who lives across the street saw the defendant kill his father.
(d) A man next door saw the defendant running away with blood on his hands.

5. Where was the victim wounded?
(a) In the face.
(b) In the chest.
(c) In the head.
(d) In the stomach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information does Juror Seven provide about the history of the defendant?

2. Which of the jurors comment that they all had difficult lives, so a difficult life should not explain the defendant's history of violence?

3. How does the dissenting juror feel about the job done by the lawyer for the defendant?

4. What is the defendant's alibi?

5. How does the prosecution help to establish for the jury that the eyewitness was in a position to see the murder?

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