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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Juror Four challenge the defendant's alibi?
(a) The defendant can give no details about what he claims to have been doing.
(b) Noone saw the defendant.
(c) The defendant cannot name the friend he was with.
(d) The ticket collector at the game does not remember the defendent

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

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?
(a) They decide to re-examine the evidence.
(b) They decide that the eleven men should each take a turn to explain to the dissenting juror why he is wrong.
(c) They decide to take in a verdict of "undecided".
(d) They decide to separate into two groups and discuss different aspects of the evidence.

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

5. Who is the defendant and for what is he being tried?
(a) A man is being tried for the murder of the woman next door.
(b) A man is being tried for the murder of his son.
(c) A young man is being tried for the murder of his father.
(d) A boy is being tried for the murder of a man downstairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to one of the witnesses, what was the defendant alleged to have shouted out to his father on the night of the murder?

2. According to one witness, where in the apartment building did the murder occur?

3. What is "the burden of proof"?

4. Where does the old man who testifies for the prosecution live?

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

(see the answer key)

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