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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which words suggest that the defendant should not have to prove his innocence?
(a) The defendant is innocent "unless the judge says he is guilty."
(b) The defendant is "innocent until proven guilty."
(c) The defendant is "innocent because there is no eye-witness."
(d) The defendant is "innocent unless the prosecution presents good evidence."

2. According to the old man witness, where was he when he heard the argument between the defendant and his father?
(a) In his bathroom.
(b) On the landing.
(c) In his kitchen.
(d) In his bed.

3. Who is the defendant and for what is he being tried?
(a) A man is being tried for the murder of the woman next door.
(b) A man is being tried for the murder of his son.
(c) A young man is being tried for the murder of his father.
(d) A boy is being tried for the murder of a man downstairs.

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

5. What is the setting in which the reader first meets the twelve characters who give the play its name?
(a) The court room.
(b) The bus in which the jurors are being transported to court.
(c) The jury room in a New York court.
(d) The murder scene.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which juror rebukes Juror Ten for his racist comment?

2. After getting a more accurate timing of the events described by the old man, what do the jurors realize?

3. How does Juror Four challenge the defendant's alibi?

4. What does Juror Three do to infuriate Juror Eight in Act II?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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