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

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) First degree murder.
(c) Second degree murder.
(d) Manslaughter.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the prosecution help to establish for the jury that the eyewitness was in a position to see the murder?

2. In the beginning of the deliberations, how do most of the jurors demonstrate a lack of seriousness about their role as jurors?

3. What does the behavior of most of the jurors demonstrate about the decisions reached by juries?

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. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the jurors respond to the defendant's explanation of his purchase of the knife and the fact that he cannot produce it?

3. When Juror Two states that the defendant is guilty because no one proved his innocence, the writer uses the opportunity to establish two important principles of due process. What are these principles and why does the writer have Juror Eight explain them?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the defendant's alibi and how does Juror Four respond to it?

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