Twelve Angry Men
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This is a basic comprehension quiz on the play/screenplay Twelve Angry Men.
Questions and Answers
- 1.The reason he gave for his absence is not
- A.
Rapport
- B.
Hung jury
- C.
Plausible
- D.
Ad lib
- E.
Testimony
- 2.The director didn’t give the actors a script; instead he told them to
- A.
Rapport
- B.
Hung jury
- C.
Plausible
- D.
Ad lib
- E.
Testimony
- 3.No one really believed the witness’s
- A.
Rapport
- B.
Hung jury
- C.
Plausible
- D.
Ad lib
- E.
Testimony
- 4.Once we’d resolved our disagreement, we were in perfect
- A.
Rapport
- B.
Hung jury
- C.
Plausible
- D.
Ad lib
- E.
Testimony
- 5.The foreman announced to the judge that no decision was possible since they had a(n)
- A.
Rapport
- B.
Hung jury
- C.
Plausible
- D.
Ad lib
- E.
Testimony
- 6.Twelve Angry Men was written by
- A.
Arthur Miller.
- B.
Reginald Rose.
- C.
William Shakespeare.
- D.
William Golding
- 7.This play originally started life as
- A.
A screenplay.
- B.
A short story.
- C.
A chapter in To Kill a Mockingbird.
- D.
A news article.
- 8.One reason that the playwright doesn’t give more details about the trial is because
- A.
He knew that everyone would have read To Kill a Mockingbird.
- B.
He wanted to focus on the characters in the jury room.
- C.
He wanted people to know the accused’s ethnicity.
- D.
They ran out of money.
- 9.This play was written around the year
- A.
1931.
- B.
1945.
- C.
1957.
- D.
1964.
- 10.All of the following are pieces of evidence against the accused EXCEPT
- A.
The switchblade.
- B.
The old man's testimony.
- C.
The neighbor's testimony.
- D.
The movie ticket.
- 11.Why does #8 vote "not guilty" during the first vote?
- 12.What does "reasonable doubt" mean?
- 13.Why is the old man's testimony doubtful? Why would he have lied?
- 14.What would happen if a hung jury was declared?
- 15.How are these play's themes similar to those in To Kill a Mockingbird?
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