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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the behavior of most of the jurors demonstrate about the decisions reached by juries?
(a) They are always reliable.
(b) If at least one juror is reliable, the others can be influenced.
(c) They might be affected by factors that have nothing to do with the evidence.
(d) They only reach verdicts after protracted arguments and conflict.

3. How does the prosecution help to establish for the jury that the eyewitness was in a position to see the murder?
(a) They show a videotape illustrating how the murder could have been seen.
(b) They provide pictures of the apartment and the surroundings.
(c) They present other witnesses who say the same thing.
(d) The jury is taken to the home of the eyewitness to observe the conditions under which the murder was witnessed.

4. Which of the jurors comment that they all had difficult lives, so a difficult life should not explain the defendant's history of violence?
(a) 3, 6, 9 and 12.
(b) 3, 4, 11 and 12.
(c) 6,7,1 and 3.
(d) 4, 7, 3 and 11.

5. 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?
(a) The realization that the woman wears glasses and she saw the murder through the train.
(b) The fact that the old man was hearing impaired and wore glasses.
(c) The fact that a similar weapon was easily available and that the old man might have been lying.
(d) The arguments of Juror Eight and Juror Nine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it necessary for the jury to repeat their discussion of evidence that they discussed at the very beginning of the play?

2. What significant information about the impact of an el train does the juror who used to live near it share?

3. What significant words does a juror use in response to the angry outburst of the juror who explodes in Act III?

4. Which of the following phrases best describes the atmosphere that prevails throughout the play?

5. Which juror becomes the real leader of the group?

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