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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. According to the evidence, what weapon was used to kill the old man?
(a) A switch blade knife.
(b) A pen knife.
(c) A butcher knife.
(d) A hatchet knife.

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

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

7. After the knife discussion, how do the other jurors pressure the dissenting juror to make him change his vote?
(a) They say he is the only one and they will return a "hung jury" verdict.
(b) They suggest that he is inferior because he is from the ghetto.
(c) They suggest that he is not intelligent enough to understand the evidence.
(d) They suggest that he is on the side of law breakers.

8. Why does the dissenting juror challenge the fact that other jurors are willing to take the alleged eyewitness' word when they would not accept the defendant's word?
(a) Because the eyewitness belongs to the same ethnic group.
(b) Because they assert that all people from the defendant's community are liars and the eyewitness is from the area.
(c) Because the eyewitness belongs to the same family as the victim.
(d) Because they assert that the eyewitness was unreliable.

9. Who jams the murder weapon into the wall?
(a) Juror four.
(b) The foreman.
(c) Juror Eight.
(d) Juror Nine.

10. Why is it clear from the dissenting juror's action that anyone could have had a weapon similar to the murder weapon?
(a) He found it on the street.
(b) He purchased it for $10 from a hunting shop nearby.
(c) He purchased it for $2.00 from a shop near the defendant's house.
(d) He borrowed it from a policeman who said they confiscate them from schoolboys all the time.

11. What important facts are revealed about the circumstances of the defendant's life by the juror who votes "not guilty" in the first round of voting?
(a) He has had a difficult life in a ghetto; his mother is dead and his father has beaten him regularly.
(b) He has been in and out of prison for stealing cars.
(c) He is an orphan and member of a minority group.
(d) He has had a difficult life in a ghetto without a father.

12. How many days has the trial been going on when the jurors begin their deliberations?
(a) Six days.
(b) Seven days.
(c) Three days.
(d) Five days.

13. 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.

14. Apart from the action of the dissenting juror in Act 1, what other contributions from a juror suggest there is at least one other juror willing to stand up against the behavior of others?
(a) Juror One says people are free to disagree.
(b) The foreman orders the jurors to be orderly.
(c) Juror Six says America is a free country.
(d) A juror rebukes Juror Ten for his racist comment.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the defendant, why did he buy the alleged murder weapon?

2. How does the defendant account for the fact that after the murder he does not have the weapon he bought?

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

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

5. Why do the jurors take a vote before discussing the evidence?

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