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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The jurors continue to hurry towards a conclusion.
(c) The jurors begin to listen to Juror Eight.
(d) As a group, the jurors develop insights that they could not have individually.

2. As they seek to progress towards resolution, what do the individual jurors have to do in order to carefully analyze the facts of the case?
(a) Forget their personal experiences.
(b) Re-examine the evidence.
(c) Listen to the dissenting voter.
(d) Overcome their own personal feelings about the defendant.

3. What is the difference in height between the defendant and the victim?
(a) The defendant is 6'2" and the victim is only 5'8".
(b) The victim if 5'5" and the defendant is 6'0".
(c) There is no difference.
(d) The victim is 6'2" and the defendant is only 5'8".

4. Why does a juror change his vote after the discussion in Act II about the defendant's words?
(a) He is from the ghetto and believes the defendant has been the victim of prejudice.
(b) He believes the whole jury is going to change.
(c) Juror Eight proves that people often say things they don't mean.
(d) He says there is now reasonable doubt.

5. What does Juror Three suggest about how much time the murder would have taken?
(a) He says that in a stabbing, the victim might not have died instantly.
(b) That the victim's blood would only have been on the wall.
(c) That the victim would have died instantly.
(d) That because it is a stabbing, the victim would have bled a lot after the defendant cleaned up.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Juror Eight get the others to realize that the defendant might not have killed his father although he said "I'm gonna kill you"?

3. What important facts are revealed about the circumstances of the defendant's life by the juror who votes "not guilty" in the first round of voting?

4. What attribute is demonstrated by Juror Nine which helps the other jurors to unravel the case?

5. What term used in Act 1 establishes that the defendant is thought to have committed a murder that is intentional and deliberately planned ahead of time?

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