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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. How does Juror Four challenge the defendant's alibi?
(a) The defendant can give no details about what he claims to have been doing.
(b) The ticket collector at the game does not remember the defendent
(c) Noone saw the defendant.
(d) The defendant cannot name the friend he was with.

2. 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) Murder with malice aforethought.
(b) Manslaughter.
(c) First degree murder.
(d) Second degree murder.

3. What is the state of mind of most of jurors as they enter the jury room?
(a) Tired, uncomfortable and eager to return with a guilty verdict.
(b) Tired, but committed to spending whatever time it takes to analyze the evidence.
(c) Willing to do whatever is necessary to reach the right verdict.
(d) Eager to return a just verdict even though they are uncomfortable.

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

5. What information does Juror Seven provide about the history of the defendant?
(a) He has stolen a car, been convicted of mugging and stabbed someone in the arm.
(b) He has been charged with murder before.
(c) He has been convicted of stealing cars.
(d) He has been to prison before.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what age group does the defendant belong?

3. What is the setting in which the reader first meets the twelve characters who give the play its name?

4. What is the defendant's alibi?

5. What important information casts doubts on the eyewitness' story in the first discussion of the evidence?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What are the physical and personal concerns facing the jurors as they begin their deliberations?

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

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

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

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

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