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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) Defense examination.
(c) Reverse examination.
(d) Cross-examination.

2. Before the jurors depart for the jury room, who gives them final instructions?
(a) The judge.
(b) The foreman.
(c) The prosecution.
(d) The defense.

3. What is the setting in which the reader first meets the twelve characters who give the play its name?
(a) The bus in which the jurors are being transported to court.
(b) The murder scene.
(c) The jury room in a New York court.
(d) The court room.

4. 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.

5. Apart from the action of the dissenting juror in Act 1, what other contributions from a juror suggest there is at least one other juror willing to stand up against the behavior of others?
(a) A juror rebukes Juror Ten for his racist comment.
(b) Juror Six says America is a free country.
(c) Juror One says people are free to disagree.
(d) The foreman orders the jurors to be orderly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a hung jury?

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

3. What is "the burden of proof"?

4. At what time of year does the jury in Twelve Angry Men meet to hear testimony and determine a verdict?

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

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