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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 capitalize on the error made by Juror Three in threatening to kill him?
(a) He asks Juror Three whether he really means that.
(b) He asks the other jurors if they think that Juror Three would really kill him.
(c) He asks Juror Three if he would really kill him.
(d) He tells the other jurors "See? He said what he didn't mean."

2. What does Juror Three convey to the jurors by his insistence of the defendant's guilt?
(a) That he has personal feelings against the defendant.
(b) That no amount of evidence is likely to make him change his mind.
(c) That he has had a family member killed.
(d) That he has personal feelings against the other jurors.

3. What attribute is demonstrated by Juror Nine which helps the other jurors to unravel the case?
(a) Knowledge of the law.
(b) Insight into human behavior.
(c) Insights gained from previous experience on a jury.
(d) Insights gained from being a parent.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which juror shares the experience of living near the track of an el train?

2. 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?

3. What source of information from the trial do the jurors use to help them estimate the time of the events surrounding the murder?

4. According to the juror who used to live by the el train, how long would the train take to pass a particular point?

5. What important information about the jurors' behavior becomes evident during their deliberations in Act II?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What incident ensues as a result of the experiment to verify the old man's testimony?

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

8. As the jurors assess whether the old man told the truth in his testimony, how does Juror Nine use his own life experience to provide insight into the old man's behavior?

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

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

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