Twelve Angry Men Study Guide - O'shaughnessy English 12
15 Questions
| Total Attempts: 292
This covers basic plot points, the vocabulary given in class, and juror descriptions.
Questions and Answers
- 1.How was the victim killed?
- A.
He was shot with a gun.
- B.
He was choked to death.
- C.
He was burned in a fire.
- D.
He was stabbed with a knife.
- 2.How were the boy and the victim related?
- A.
They were grandfather and grandson.
- B.
They were uncle and nephew.
- C.
They were father and son.
- D.
They did not know each other.
- 3.How many people voted "not guilty" in the first vote.
- A.
0
- B.
1
- C.
6
- D.
9
- E.
12
- 4.Why couldn't the downstairs neighbor have heard the fight?
- A.
The train was going by.
- B.
He was old and could not hear anymore.
- C.
He was asleep.
- D.
The window was closed.
- 5.How many "eye witnesses" were there?
- A.
None.
- B.
One, an old man.
- C.
Two, an old man and a woman.
- D.
Three, an old man, a woman, and the prosecutor.
- 6.True or False: the knife used in the murder was unique ______________________
- 7.What was the weather like when they began?
- A.
Hot and sunny.
- B.
Rainy and cold.
- C.
A blizzard.
- D.
Cold and sunny.
- 8.What was the weather like later in the play?
- A.
Hot and sunny
- B.
Cold and rainy.
- C.
Hurricane hit
- D.
It began snowing
- 9.Word bank: abstain, acquit, bigot, deliberate, unanimous, verdict // Most pregnant women [ ] from or drink very little alcohol.
- 10.Word bank: abstain, acquit, bigot, deliberate, unanimous, verdict // She was [ ]ed on all counts of larceny.
- 11.Word bank: abstain, acquit, bigot, deliberate, unanimous, verdict // Don't let a small-minded [ ] destroy the good image of the city.
- 12.Word bank: abstain, acquit, bigot, deliberate, unanimous, verdict // The jury had to [ ] for several weeks because there was so much evidence to sift through.
- 13.Word bank: abstain, acquit, bigot, deliberate, unanimous, verdict // All of the doctors were [ ] in their diagnoses of chicken pox.
- 14.Word bank: abstain, acquit, bigot, deliberate, unanimous, verdict // After leaving Simon Cowell stunned, Susan Boyle received three [ ]s of "yes" on Britain''s got talent.
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