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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what process does the defendant ask questions of the prosecution's witnesses?
(a) Defense examination.
(b) Cross-examination.
(c) Reverse examination.
(d) Witness examination.

2. According to the discussion, what kind of relationship exists between the victim and the defendant?
(a) A relationship of bitterness and resentment.
(b) A violent relationship with frequent fights.
(c) A distant relationship with little communication.
(d) A good relationship even though there are occasional quarrels.

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

4. According to one of the witnesses, what was the defendant alleged to have shouted out to his father on the night of the murder?
(a) "You are the worst father and I wish you were dead!"
(b) "I hate you and I am going to kill you!"
(c) "I'm gonna kill you!"
(d) "I hate you and I wish you were dead!"

5. 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 been in and out of prison for stealing cars.
(b) He has had a difficult life in a ghetto without a father.
(c) He is an orphan and member of a minority group.
(d) He has had a difficult life in a ghetto; his mother is dead and his father has beaten him regularly.

6. 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) Juror Six says America is a free country.
(c) A juror rebukes Juror Ten for his racist comment.
(d) The foreman orders the jurors to be orderly.

7. 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 $10 from a hunting shop nearby.
(b) He borrowed it from a policeman who said they confiscate them from schoolboys all the time.
(c) He found it on the street.
(d) He purchased it for $2.00 from a shop near the defendant's house.

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

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

10. 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 they assert that all people from the defendant's community are liars and the eyewitness is from the area.
(b) Because they assert that the eyewitness was unreliable.
(c) Because the eyewitness belongs to the same family as the victim.
(d) Because the eyewitness belongs to the same ethnic group.

11. What sentence must the defendant face if proven guilty?
(a) At least thirty years imprisonment.
(b) Life imprisonment with the possibility of parole.
(c) The death penalty.
(d) Life imprisonment without possibility of parole.

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

13. In the beginning of the deliberations, how do most of the jurors demonstrate a lack of seriousness about their role as jurors?
(a) They do not pay attention to the details.
(b) They are casual in their discussions.
(c) They are concerned about how the trial has kept them from attending to their own interests.
(d) They read the newspaper.

14. 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) 6,7,1 and 3.
(c) 4, 7, 3 and 11.
(d) 3, 4, 11 and 12.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the victim wounded?

2. At what time of year does the jury in Twelve Angry Men meet to hear testimony and determine a verdict?

3. According to one witness, where in the apartment building did the murder occur?

4. At what time is the murder alleged to have occurred?

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

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