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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the dissenting juror feel about the job done by the lawyer for the defendant?
(a) He is dissatisfied with the questions asked by the lawyer.
(b) He believes the lawyer was intimidated by the prosecution.
(c) He believes the lawyer did a good job.
(d) He believes the lawyer was ill-prepared for the defense.

2. What principle is supposed to guide the composition of a jury in relation to the defendant?
(a) They should be from similar backgrounds.
(b) They should know the defendent's circumstances well.
(c) They should be from the same ethnic group.
(d) They should be twelve members of the community who are the defendant's peers.

3. How does the vote stand at the end of the discussion about the testimony of the crucial witness in Act III?
(a) The jury arrives at a consensus.
(b) Another juror joins the two who changed their vote.
(c) Two jurors hold out on their "guilty" votes.
(d) One juror stands alone.

4. What conclusions about the defendant's intelligence is the jury led to by the reasoning in which one juror engages in Act III?
(a) He would have to be both smart and dumb.
(b) He would have to be smart.
(c) He would have to be dumb.
(d) He is neither smart nor dumb.

5. Based on the impact of their testimony on the jury, who are the two most important witnesses?
(a) An old man who lives in the victim's apartment and a woman who lives across the street.
(b) The policeman and the doctor.
(c) An old man across the street and a woman downstairs.
(d) A young boy next door and his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Juror Eight's participation in the altercation with Juror Three differ from his usual approach?

2. What attribute is consistently demonstrated by Juror Eight which helps the other jurors to unravel the case?

3. What is the outcome of the "different" vote suggested by the dissenting voter?

4. Why does Juror Eight question the witness' assertion that he heard the defendant say "I'm gonna kill you"?

5. What is the difference in height between the defendant and the victim?

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