Excerpt 1
The vote serves as the play’s
rising action
Which quotation best supports the theme of prejudice in society?
NO.10: I don't understand you people. How can you believe this kid is innocent? Look, you know how those people lie. l don't have to tell you. They don't know what the truth is.
What can the reader infer about Grace’s husband based on the dialogue in this passage?
He is not a responsible or reliable person.
Which section from the article BEST explains the significance of the Cook (A.C.) v. Raimondo case to students in schools across the country?
"A Constitutional Right to Education"
Which revision corrects Jacob’s capitalization error in sentence 1?
Change southeast Asia to Southeast Asia
How does this dialogue characterize Juror 3?
It reveals that he is the kind of person who is angered by people that go against his opinions.
What does writing a protagonist who stands up for justice say about our author, Reginald Rose?
That in order to attain justice, people must be fair, reasonable, and thoroughly examine all the evidence in a case.
How are the women foils for one another in the play?
Elma is young and naïve while Grace is experienced and world weary.
According to the article, WHY did a group of students and parents sue the state of Rhode Island?
They wanted the state to require public schools to provide a civics education to students.
Jacob thinks that a sentence needs to be added after sentence 3. Which addition best improves the development of his editorial?
The Olympic Committee should correct this inequity by choosing a smaller country as host.
By asking the jurors to vote by secret ballot, Juror 8 is trying to prevent what from happening?
Individuals agreeing with a group because it is easier to follow the status quo.
“People will believe something is true because it aligns with their prejudiced beliefs” can best be proven by which of the following quotations from the play?
NO. 3: (shouting). Well, you're not going to intimidate me! (They all look at NO. 3.) I'm entitled to my opinion! (No one answers him.) It's gonna be a hung jury! That's it!
What is the effect of a roadside diner as the setting of the play?
It provides an isolated environment for Elma and Grace to relate to one another.
Why was plaintiff Aleita Cook dissatisfied with the education she received at her high school in Rhode Island?
She received little instruction in skills related to being an American citizen.
Which revision of sentences 7–10 eliminates Jacob’s sentence fragments?
New stadiums have to be built, not to mention infrastructure like roads and bridges. Hotels and restaurants fill to capacity, with tourists arriving en masse from all over the world.
How do the stage directions in the excerpt above give the reader additional characterization for Juror 3 that is not provided by his dialogue alone?
The stage directions help to create the full picture of him as an easily angered bully.
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NO. 5: In my back yard, on my stoop, in the vacant lot across the street, too many of them. Switch knives came with the neighborhood where I lived. Funny I didn't think of it before. I guess you try to forget those things. (Flicking the knife open) Anyone who's ever used a switch knife would never have stabbed downward. You don't handle a switch knife that way. You use it underhanded.
These sentences use imagery to suggest that Juror 5 thinks that –
the defendant wouldn’t have stabbed his father that way.
Read these lines from the play.
Listen to that wind. March is coming in like a lion.
Which statement best describes the effect of the simile in this passage?
It establishes the reason for Grace and Elma’s isolation.
Why does the author include the quotation from Niamiah Jefferson in the last paragraph?
It provides empirical evidence for why the local or federal government needs to provide civics education in schools today.
Which revision makes the verb tenses in sentence 17 consistent?
Change became to become
Thematically, the scene dramatizes a struggle between the desire for ---
Justice and making others happy
NO. 11: (angry). I think perhaps you're right. This is not an answer. (To NO.7) What kind of a man are you?
You have sat here and voted guilty with everyone else because there are some theater tickets burning a hole in your pocket. Now you have changed your vote for the same reason. I do not think you have the right to play like this with a man's life. This is an ugly and terrible thing to do.
What theme is Rose exploring through these lines?
Some Americans see their civic duty as a burden rather than a privilege.
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Grace: You ask more questions.
Elma: I’m just curious about things, Grace.
What can be inferred from this line?
Elma is too young to understand the ways of the world.
Read this quotation from paragraph 6.
The lawsuit noted many insufficiencies. One is that many immigrant students in Providence are not taught English well enough to serve on juries. Also, low-income schools lack activities such as debate and student newspaper, the types of training grounds that wealthier districts typically offer.
Why does the author include these points made during the lawsuit?
To emphasize the bigger problem educational systems are facing… equal funding.
Which revision corrects the error in pronoun-antecedent agreement in sentence 20?
Change their to its