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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. 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 they assert that the eyewitness was unreliable.
(d) Because the eyewitness belongs to the same family as the victim.

2. Which juror asks the guard to bring in the murder weapon for closer examination?
(a) Juror Nine.
(b) Juror Three.
(c) The foreman.
(d) Juror Eight.

3. 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.

4. 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 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 was left by his mother as a child.

5. At what age was the defendant in reform school?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Sixteen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the defendant's alibi?

3. How does Juror Four challenge the defendant's alibi?

4. 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?

5. Where was the victim wounded?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What clarification do the jurors receive about the conditions under which the woman is alleged to have seen the murder?

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

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

5. What inconsistency in Juror Ten's arguments does Juror Eight point out, and what is the result?

6. On what point do Juror Eight and Juror Four agree concerning the performance of the defendant's lawyer? How do they differ?

7. How does the old man's testimony implicate the defendant?

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

9. What important instructions does the judge give to the jurors as they depart to deliberate on the case?

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

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