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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. Where was the old man witness when he saw the defendant running down the stairs?
(a) At his kitchen window.
(b) At his bathroom window.
(c) At his bedroom window.
(d) At his front door.

2. Which juror says he would change his vote if he could find one reason to make him question the defendant's guilt?
(a) Juror Ten.
(b) Juror Two.
(c) Juror Four.
(d) Juror Seven.

3. Which juror is adamant that he will not see the defendant set free?
(a) The foreman.
(b) Juror Three.
(c) Juror Six.
(d) Juror Ten.

4. After getting a more accurate timing of the events described by the old man, what do the jurors realize?
(a) It takes 50 seconds to get to a certain point which the old man said took10 seconds.
(b) It takes 39 seconds to get to a certain point which the old man said took 10 seconds.
(c) It takes more time than the old man said to move from his bed to the window.
(d) It takes 42 seconds to get to a certain point which the old man said took 10 seconds.

5. How does Juror Nine justify his insights about the old man?
(a) He explains that old people who are tired of being insignificant often convince themselves to believe what is not true.
(b) He explains that old people get lonely and make up stories.
(c) He explains that old people who are tired of being insignificant often tell lies.
(d) He explains that loneliness and loss of family cause old people to imagine things.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the writer allow one of the jurors to threaten that he will kill another?

2. As the jurors discuss "reasonable doubt", why does Juror Nine become more and more uneasy?

3. What is the reaction to the vote taken at the end of Act 1?

4. What literary device is used by the writer when he allows Juror Three to prove something to the jurors that is exactly opposite to what he would have wanted?

5. What attribute is consistently demonstrated by Juror Eight which helps the other jurors to unravel the case?

Short Essay Questions

1. Identify the major themes illustrated in Act II, and give brief explanations of how each theme is brought out.

2. What evidence of preconceived notions and prejudice does the writer present in Act II?

3. Referring to events in Act II, track the process by which Juror Eight is established as the protagonist.

4. There are two "physical episodes" in Act II. Describe them briefly and comment on the purposes they serve.

5. What important contributions does Juror Nine make to the deliberations in Act II?

6. In Act II, what are the immediate responses to the secret ballot taken by the eleven jurors?

7. What do the events of Act II demonstrate about the group and about the influence of Juror Eight?

8. How and why do the discussions of the old man and the alleged threats made by the defendant affect one of the jurors?

9. How do the tone and mood of the play vary as Act II develops from the result of the second vote to the taking of the third vote?

10. Referring to events in Act II, track the process by which Juror three is established as the antagonist.

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