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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way is the vote suggested by the dissenting voter different from the previous vote?
(a) Each juror must give a reason for his vote.
(b) The foreman does not vote.
(c) The jurors individually tell the foreman their decision.
(d) The jurors vote by secret ballot.

2. Apart from the defendant, who was arrested for handling a weapon?
(a) The friend of the defendant.
(b) Juror Eight.
(c) The witness who took the weapon until the police arrived.
(d) The storekeeper who sold the defendant a weapon.

3. Who are the last two jurors to leave the jury room?
(a) Jurors Three and Eight.
(b) Jurors Eight and Nine.
(c) The foreman and Juror Eight.
(d) Jurors Five and Eight.

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

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?
(a) Jurors Two and Six.
(b) The foreman and Juror Six.
(c) The foreman and Juror Four.
(d) Jurors Ten and Twelve.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which juror says he would change his vote if he could find one reason to make him question the defendant's guilt?

2. As they seek to progress towards resolution, what do the individual jurors have to do in order to carefully analyze the facts of the case?

3. What is the defendant's alibi?

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

5. Why does a juror change his vote after the discussion in Act II about the defendant's words?

(see the answer key)

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