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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Juror Ten point out about an eyewitness to the murder?
(a) A woman who lives across the street saw the defendant kill his father.
(b) The neighbor down the corridor saw the defendant kill his father in the hallway.
(c) A man next door saw the defendant running away with blood on his hands.
(d) A boy across the street saw through a window as the defendant killed his father.

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

3. What is the setting in which the reader first meets the twelve characters who give the play its name?
(a) The jury room in a New York court.
(b) The court room.
(c) The murder scene.
(d) The bus in which the jurors are being transported to court.

4. What important fact does Juror Three point out about something the defendant purchased on the day of the murder?
(a) The defendant purchased a butcher knife similar to the murder weapon.
(b) The defendant purchased a dangerous knife.
(c) The defendant purchased a knife identical to the murder weapon.
(d) The defendant purchased a pen knife that could have inflicted a fatal wound.

5. What kind of man is the dissenting juror?
(a) A man of conviction who takes the role of the jury very seriously.
(b) A man of conviction who does not believe in prejudice.
(c) A man who owns his own business and can control his own use of time.
(d) A man who is not employed so he has no urgent business to conduct.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the state of mind of most of jurors as they enter the jury room?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

5. According to the evidence, what weapon was used to kill the old man?

Short Essay Questions

1. What additional evidence that incriminates the defendant does Juror Three present to the jury in Act I?

2. What views do the jurors have about the defendant's background?

3. What information does Juror Three present in an attempt to draw the jurors' attention to the "facts of the case"?

4. What information do the jurors share about the defendant in the beginning of their discussion?

5. What assumptions do the jurors make about Juror Eight's vote, and how do they decide to respond?

6. How does Juror Eight respond to the evidence that Juror Three presents about the knife, and what dramatic turn of events does this cause?

7. Why do the jurors take a vote before any discussion of the evidence, and what is the impact of the outcome?

8. What is Juror Ten's contribution to the discussion of the evidence?

9. Which juror refers to the defendant's criminal record, and what does this consist of?

10. What additional suggestion does Juror Four make in Act I to support his assertion that the defendant is guilty?

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