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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) First degree murder.
(b) Manslaughter.
(c) Second degree murder.
(d) Murder with malice aforethought.

2. According to one witness, where in the apartment building did the murder occur?
(a) Downstairs.
(b) On the staircase.
(c) On the landing.
(d) Upstairs.

3. Who jams the murder weapon into the wall?
(a) Juror Eight.
(b) The foreman.
(c) Juror Nine.
(d) Juror four.

4. What does Juror Ten point out about an eyewitness to the murder?
(a) A woman who lives across the street saw the defendant kill his father.
(b) The neighbor down the corridor saw the defendant kill his father in the hallway.
(c) A man next door saw the defendant running away with blood on his hands.
(d) A boy across the street saw through a window as the defendant killed his father.

5. How does the dissenting juror discredit the allegation that the murder weapon is unique?
(a) He reads an article stating that there are hundreds of similar weapons for sale in the community.
(b) He shows pictures of several similar weapons.
(c) He says he has used a similar weapon for hunting.
(d) He presents an identical weapon taken from his own pocket.

6. How old was the defendant when he lost his mother?
(a) Thirteen years old.
(b) Nine years old.
(c) Six years old.
(d) Eleven years old.

7. According to one of the witnesses, what was the defendant alleged to have shouted out to his father on the night of the murder?
(a) "You are the worst father and I wish you were dead!"
(b) "I'm gonna kill you!"
(c) "I hate you and I am going to kill you!"
(d) "I hate you and I wish you were dead!"

8. 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?
(a) He is an orphan and member of a minority group.
(b) He has had a difficult life in a ghetto; his mother is dead and his father has beaten him regularly.
(c) He has been in and out of prison for stealing cars.
(d) He has had a difficult life in a ghetto without a father.

9. How does Juror Four challenge the defendant's alibi?
(a) The defendant can give no details about what he claims to have been doing.
(b) The defendant cannot name the friend he was with.
(c) The ticket collector at the game does not remember the defendent
(d) Noone saw the defendant.

10. Where was the victim wounded?
(a) In the chest.
(b) In the face.
(c) In the stomach.
(d) In the head.

11. According to the defendant, why did he buy the alleged murder weapon?
(a) To give it as a present to his friend.
(b) Because he lost the one he had before.
(c) Because his father beat him.
(d) Because the one he had before was stolen.

12. What is a hung jury?
(a) One in which the jurors cannot reach a unanimous verdict.
(b) One in which the evidence is inconclusive.
(c) One in which the jurors recommend hanging.
(d) One in which the foreman cannot control the jurors.

13. What sentence must the defendant face if proven guilty?
(a) At least thirty years imprisonment.
(b) Life imprisonment without possibility of parole.
(c) Life imprisonment with the possibility of parole.
(d) The death penalty.

14. In what process does the defendant ask questions of the prosecution's witnesses?
(a) Defense examination.
(b) Cross-examination.
(c) Witness examination.
(d) Reverse examination.

15. What is the defendant's alibi?
(a) He claims to have been at the movies.
(b) He claims to have been at the ball game.
(c) He claims to have been at the store.
(d) He claims to have been hanging out with his friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What important information casts doubts on the eyewitness' story in the first discussion of the evidence?

2. Which words suggest that the defendant should not have to prove his innocence?

3. Why was the alleged eyewitness awake at the time of the murder?

4. Who is the defendant and for what is he being tried?

5. In the beginning of the deliberations, how do most of the jurors demonstrate a lack of seriousness about their role as jurors?

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