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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what age group does the defendant belong?
(a) He is a teenager.
(b) He is in his early twenties.
(c) He is in his thirties.
(d) He is middle-aged.

2. Why does the writer allow one of the jurors to threaten that he will kill another?
(a) To demonstrate the level of tension and conflict.
(b) To prove how angry he is.
(c) To show how much he hates the man who voted against the others.
(d) To prove the point that people often utter threats that they do not intend to carry out.

3. According to the discussion, what kind of relationship exists between the victim and the defendant?
(a) A relationship of bitterness and resentment.
(b) A violent relationship with frequent fights.
(c) A good relationship even though there are occasional quarrels.
(d) A distant relationship with little communication.

4. According to the defendant, why did he buy the alleged murder weapon?
(a) Because his father beat him.
(b) Because he lost the one he had before.
(c) To give it as a present to his friend.
(d) Because the one he had before was stolen.

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

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. What two reasons cause a juror to believe there is reasonable doubt about the defendant's guilt after adding doubts about the old man's testimony to earlier discussions about the murder?

3. How does Juror Three justify his assertion that the defendant must have meant it when he said "I'm going to kill you"?

4. How do the jurors try to get an accurate estimate of the time of the events described by the old man?

5. What does Juror Ten point out about an eyewitness to the murder?

(see the answer key)

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