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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the alleged eyewitness awake at the time of the murder?
(a) It was a stormy night.
(b) It was too hot to sleep.
(c) It was cold.
(d) It was noisy because of the train.

2. At what time is the murder alleged to have occurred?
(a) In the afternoon.
(b) Early in the morning.
(c) Just after midnight.
(d) Around midday.

3. Which juror rebukes Juror Ten for his racist comment?
(a) Juror Nine.
(b) Juror Seven.
(c) The foreman.
(d) Juror Eight.

4. How does the dissenting juror explain the defendant's record of violence?
(a) He says the defendant was left by his mother as a child.
(b) He says the defendant has been wayward because of bad company.
(c) He says the defendant has an abusive father who has beaten him since he was a young boy.
(d) He says the defendant has been conditioned this way by living in the ghetto.

5. Why is the murder weapon jammed into the wall?
(a) Because the foreman does not want it handled.
(b) Because the juror who jams it there is angry.
(c) So everyone can see how unusual it is.
(d) Because the table is cluttered.

6. What term used in Act 1 establishes that the defendant is thought to have committed a murder that is intentional and deliberately planned ahead of time?
(a) Manslaughter.
(b) Second degree murder.
(c) Murder with malice aforethought.
(d) First degree murder.

7. What important information casts doubts on the eyewitness' story in the first discussion of the evidence?
(a) The eyewitness is old with impaired vision.
(b) The eyewitness has to walk a long way to the door after hearing the body fall.
(c) The eyewitness wears glasses.
(d) The eyewitness claims to have seen the murder through the windows of a passing elevated train.

8. Who is the defendant and for what is he being tried?
(a) A man is being tried for the murder of his son.
(b) A man is being tried for the murder of the woman next door.
(c) A young man is being tried for the murder of his father.
(d) A boy is being tried for the murder of a man downstairs.

9. At what time of year does the jury in Twelve Angry Men meet to hear testimony and determine a verdict?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Autumn.

10. Where does the old man who testifies for the prosecution live?
(a) On the ground floor.
(b) On the same floor where the murder occurred.
(c) Across the street.
(d) On the second floor of the apartment building where the murder occured.

11. What is the outcome of the "different" vote suggested by the dissenting voter?
(a) There is a change in the outcome.
(b) Eight jurors vote "guilty" and three vote "not guilty".
(c) All vote "not guilty".
(d) Nine jurors vote "guilty" and two vote "not guilty".

12. What is the reaction of the jury when the dissenting juror discredits the allegation that the weapon is unique?
(a) They claim he is a criminal just like the defendant.
(b) They are enlightened.
(c) They are astonished and one says that it is illegal to purchase such things.
(d) They begin to fight him.

13. 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) 6,7,1 and 3.
(b) 3, 4, 11 and 12.
(c) 4, 7, 3 and 11.
(d) 3, 6, 9 and 12.

14. 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 found it on the street.
(c) He purchased it for $10 from a hunting shop nearby.
(d) He borrowed it from a policeman who said they confiscate them from schoolboys all the time.

15. 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) A young boy next door and his mother.
(c) An old man across the street and a woman downstairs.
(d) The policeman and the doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of man is the dissenting juror?

2. After the knife discussion, how do the other jurors pressure the dissenting juror to make him change his vote?

3. How old was the defendant when he lost his mother?

4. Which juror asks the guard to bring in the murder weapon for closer examination?

5. What comment by Juror Ten reveals his prejudice?

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