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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impact does the discussion about a detail regarding the crucial witness discussed in Act III have on the jurors?
(a) Juror Three and Juror Ten conclude there is reasonable doubt.
(b) Juror Four and Juror Ten conclude there is reasonable doubt.
(c) Two jurors change their "not guilty" votes back to "guilty".
(d) Juror Four and Juror Three conclude there is reasonable doubt.

2. Which juror introduces questions about the defendant's intelligence?
(a) The foreman.
(b) Juror Nine.
(c) Juror Three.
(d) Juror Eight.

3. What techniques does the writer use to illustrate the characters of the contending jurors?
(a) Dialogue and behavior.
(b) Description and dialogue.
(c) Switches in voting and descriptions of their backgrounds.
(d) Description and action.

4. Which juror directly asks the three jurors who most recently changed their votes to give their reasons for doing so?
(a) Juror Three.
(b) The foreman.
(c) Juror Four
(d) Juror Ten

5. What is the reaction to the vote taken at the end of Act 1?
(a) Everone is angry except Juror Eight.
(b) Juror Ten attacks Juror Eight.
(c) Juror Three is outraged and accuses Juror Five of changing his vote because of Juror Eight..
(d) The foreman declares the vote null and void.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the old man witness when he saw the defendant running down the stairs?

2. Before the jurors depart for the jury room, who gives them final instructions?

3. To what aspect of the evidence do Juror Three and Four return after the discussion about the defendant's intelligence and the taking of the vote?

4. Where does the old man who testifies for the prosecution live?

5. Why does the writer cause the vote taken just before the end of the play to be the exact opposite of the one at the beginning?

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