|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which juror rebukes Juror Ten for his racist comment?
(a) Juror Nine.
(b) Juror Seven.
(c) Juror Eight.
(d) The foreman.
2. Why is it clear from the dissenting juror's action that anyone could have had a weapon similar to the murder weapon?
(a) He borrowed it from a policeman who said they confiscate them from schoolboys all the time.
(b) He purchased it for $10 from a hunting shop nearby.
(c) He found it on the street.
(d) He purchased it for $2.00 from a shop near the defendant's house.
3. Where was the victim wounded?
(a) In the face.
(b) In the stomach.
(c) In the chest.
(d) In the head.
4. 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.
5. To what age group does the defendant belong?
(a) He is middle-aged.
(b) He is in his early twenties.
(c) He is in his thirties.
(d) He is a teenager.
6. Who is the defendant and for what is he being tried?
(a) A young man is being tried for the murder of his father.
(b) A man is being tried for the murder of the woman next door.
(c) A boy is being tried for the murder of a man downstairs.
(d) A man is being tried for the murder of his son.
7. How does the prosecution help to establish for the jury that the eyewitness was in a position to see the murder?
(a) They provide pictures of the apartment and the surroundings.
(b) They present other witnesses who say the same thing.
(c) The jury is taken to the home of the eyewitness to observe the conditions under which the murder was witnessed.
(d) They show a videotape illustrating how the murder could have been seen.
8. What is the setting in which the reader first meets the twelve characters who give the play its name?
(a) The bus in which the jurors are being transported to court.
(b) The court room.
(c) The jury room in a New York court.
(d) The murder scene.
9. 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.
10. How does the dissenting juror explain the defendant's record of violence?
(a) He says the defendant has been conditioned this way by living in the ghetto.
(b) He says the defendant was left by his mother as a child.
(c) He says the defendant has been wayward because of bad company.
(d) He says the defendant has an abusive father who has beaten him since he was a young boy.
11. Who jams the murder weapon into the wall?
(a) The foreman.
(b) Juror four.
(c) Juror Eight.
(d) Juror Nine.
12. 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) 4, 7, 3 and 11.
(c) 3, 4, 11 and 12.
(d) 6,7,1 and 3.
13. In what process does the defendant ask questions of the prosecution's witnesses?
(a) Reverse examination.
(b) Witness examination.
(c) Defense examination.
(d) Cross-examination.
14. 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) "I hate you and I wish you were dead!"
(b) "You are the worst father and I wish you were dead!"
(c) "I'm gonna kill you!"
(d) "I hate you and I am going to kill you!"
15. What is the state of mind of most of jurors as they enter the jury room?
(a) Willing to do whatever is necessary to reach the right verdict.
(b) Eager to return a just verdict even though they are uncomfortable.
(c) Tired, uncomfortable and eager to return with a guilty verdict.
(d) Tired, but committed to spending whatever time it takes to analyze the evidence.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the verdict from the second vote among jurors prove?
2. Apart from the defendant, who was arrested for handling a weapon?
3. What important information casts doubts on the eyewitness' story in the first discussion of the evidence?
4. What sentence must the defendant face if proven guilty?
5. After eleven jurors vote "guilty" and one juror votes "not guilty", what process do the jurors decide on in order to resolve the matter?
|
This section contains 899 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|



