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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the result of the vote taken early in Act III about the process in which the jurors are engaged?
(a) They decide to request a conference with the judge.
(b) They decide to continue deliberating.
(c) They decide to deliberate in separate groups; those voting "guilty" and those voting "not guilty".
(d) They decide to turn in a "hung jury" verdict.

2. Which juror accuses the juror who is adamant that he will not see the defendant set free of wanting to be the defendant's executioner?
(a) Juror Nine.
(b) Juror four.
(c) Juror Five.
(d) Juror Eight.

3. How does the timing described in the old man's testimony affect the jurors' analysis?
(a) The jurors realize that the old man could not have been right about the time it took for the events he described to take place.
(b) They realize that the old man's testimony about the time of the murder was inaccurate.
(c) They realize that the old man might have been wrong about the time when he saw the defendant leave the apartment.
(d) Someone points out that the old man wore thick glasses, and he would not have had time to put them on at night.

4. After getting a more accurate timing of the events described by the old man, what do the jurors realize?
(a) It takes more time than the old man said to move from his bed to the window.
(b) It takes 42 seconds to get to a certain point which the old man said took 10 seconds.
(c) It takes 50 seconds to get to a certain point which the old man said took10 seconds.
(d) It takes 39 seconds to get to a certain point which the old man said took 10 seconds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the man who gives evidence about the events he heard from his room?

2. Why is it necessary for the jury to repeat their discussion of evidence that they discussed at the very beginning of the play?

3. Considering the information available about the defendant, to what extent does the composition of this jury reflect the principle that should guide the composition of a jury trying a case?

4. Based on the play, what two big dangers are associated with leaving the fate of a defendant in the hands of a jury?

5. Which two jurors are moved by the discovery that the old man would have taken longer than he said to move from his bed to the door after hearing the noise upstairs?

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