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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 Eight's participation in the altercation with Juror Three differ from his usual approach?
(a) It shows he hates Juror Three.
(b) It shows he is capable of violence.
(c) It shows he has a temper, too.
(d) It shows he is capable of anger in spite of his usual sober analysis.

2. What does Juror Eleven assert in defense of the result of the second vote?
(a) That in America, people are free to hold dissenting views.
(b) Juror Three is prejudiced.
(c) Juror three disrespects the constitution.
(d) Juror three has no right to attack another juror.

3. What source of information from the trial do the jurors use to help them estimate the time of the events surrounding the murder?
(a) The transcript of the old man's testimony.
(b) Photographs of the building.
(c) The old man's diary.
(d) They get the dimensions of the old man's room from a diagram of the apartment building.

4. How does the progress of the discussion in Act II affect the behavior of the group of jurors?
(a) The jurors begin to take the defendant more seriously.
(b) As a group, the jurors develop insights that they could not have individually.
(c) The jurors continue to hurry towards a conclusion.
(d) The jurors begin to listen to Juror Eight.

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 loneliness and loss of family cause old people to imagine things.
(c) He explains that old people who are tired of being insignificant often tell lies.
(d) He explains that old people get lonely and make up stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the involvement of the jury in acting out and assessing the allegations of the old man compare with their earlier attitude towards the evidence?

2. What does this experience among the jurors demonstrate about group behavior?

3. Which two jurors are moved by the discovery that the old man would have taken longer than he said to move from his bed to the door after hearing the noise upstairs?

4. What important shift in the attitude of many jurors takes place during the debates in Act II about the case?

5. Which two jurors are moved by the discovery about the timing involved in the old man's story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What controversy occurs after Juror Nine shares his insights about the old man in Act II?

2. How does the writer use the events of Act II to establish Juror Eight as the protagonist?

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

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

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

6. How does the writer use Act II to establish Juror Three and Juror Eight as the antagonist and the protagonist respectively?

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

8. How is irony used by the writer in the confrontation between Juror Three and Juror Eight? What is the result?

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

10. After the uproar following Juror three's accusation about which juror changes his vote in Act II, what do the jurors proceed to do?

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