Setting/History
In what city does the play take place?
New York City
1. What is a foreman?
1. A person who is in-charge of the jury deliberations. Keeps order amongst the jurors
1. What is a theme?
1. A main idea in a story
1. How many jurors are there?
1. 12
1. Which juror is the last to vote "not guilty"?
1. 3
1. There are some female jurors in the play--True or False?
2. All the jurors are White men--True or False?
1. False
2. True
1. What is the difference between the prosecution and the defense?
1. The prosecution tries to get a guilty verdict for the defendant. The defense tries to get a "not guilty" verdict
1. What is a symbol?
2. What is an example of a symbol in the play?
1. A person, action, place, object, or thing that represents a bigger idea
2. The knife, the table, the locked door, no names for jurors, the windows/washroom, the weather, the fan
1. Why does Juror 8 vote “not guilty” at the beginning?
2. The jurors are not locked in the room—True or False?
1. Because they have not talked about the case + he has some reasonable doubts
2. False
1. Which is the 2nd juror to vote “not guilty”?
2. Why does he vote “not guilty”? How does it connect with Juror 8?
3. Which juror admires the American jury system? A. 11 B. 9 C. 4 D. 12?
1. 9
2. Because he respects the courage of Juror 8 and realizes they need to deliberate (talk) first before reaching a decision on the boy
3. A
1. In what decade does the play take place?
2. How many windows are in the jury room in the play?
3. What is above the bench?
1. The 1950's
2. Three
3. electric fan
1. What is a witness?
2. Who is the accused (or defendant) in the story?
1. A person who has seen or heard or has some connection to a crime committed and/or knows the defendant. Testifies in court for either the prosecution or the defense
2. The boy
1. What is an example of a theme in the play?
2. What does the knife symbolize?
3. What does the ballots show?
1. American society, justice, certainty vs. doubt, taking a stand vs. being stubborn, prejudice
2. The beginning of reasonable doubt, guilt vs. innocence (1st vs. 2nd knife), or transfer of power between 3-to-8
3. How the jurors' opinions change over time
1. At the end of the story, all the jurors believe 100% the boy did not kill his father—True or False?
2. In the play (not the movie), who is the only other character we see in the story besides the jurors?
3. What do the jurors like to look out of?
1. False
2. The guard
3. The windows
1. Which juror loves baseball?
2. Which juror works in advertising?
3. Juror 4 is rich and well educated—True or False?
4. Which juror owns parking garages? A. 2 B. 9 C. 8 D. 10?
1. 7
2. 12
3. True
4. D
1. What weapon did kids use to fight with back in the 1950’s?
2. The kid in the story is from what kind of neighborhood?
3. What is the weather like when the story starts?
4. What is the lavatory?
1. Switchblade/knife
2. slum
3. Hot, sunny day
4. bathroom/toilet
1. What is a conflict?
2. What is a juror?
3. What is a slum?
4. What is a testimony?
1. A fight (physical or verbal)
2. A person who decides if a defendant is guilty or not
3. A poor place in a city
4. A statement given in court--often by a witness
1. Which juror symbolizes “standing your ground”? A. 3 B. 8 C. 7 D. 10?
2. Which juror symbolizes stubbornness? A. 3 B. 8 C. 7 D. 10?
3. What does the washroom symbolize?
4. The jurors get up from the table to show what? A. escape B. power C. weakness D. stress
1. B
2. A
3. Escape conflicts and relax from stress
4. B
1. The jurors all knew each other before—True or False?
2. The boy’s defense lawyer did a terrible job of defending the boy—True or False?
3. If the jurors vote guilty, the boy will be sentenced to death—True or False?
4. The boy went to a movie theater the night his father was killed—True or False?
1. False
2. True
3. True
4. True
1. Which juror is not originally from America? He came from Europe
2. Which juror grew up in a slum like the kid?
3. Which juror does not talk to his son anymore?
4. The foreman is Juror ___? *what number?
5. Which juror works at a bank? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 6
1. 11
2. 5
3. 3
4. 1
5. B
1. Does the story take place in the northern or southern part of America?
2. What season is it probably when the story takes place?
3. All the jurors are originally from America—True or False?
4. In which year does the story take place?
5. Who is in the jury room at the very beginning of the play?
1. Northern
2. Summer
3. False
4. 1957
5. No one--it's empty as the jurors are in the courtroom
1. What does guilty mean?
2. What is an example of a possible witness?
3. What does the phrase “reasonable doubt” mean?
4. What is a “death sentence”?
5. What is a hung jury?
1. A person has been found to commit a crime
2. A friend, co-worker, neighbor, boss, teacher, police, parent--anyone who knows the defendant (or victim) or who saw or heard something about the crime
3. That a defendant should not be found guilty if there is not 100% certainty
4. When the government will kill a criminal for a crime
5. When the jury cannot reach a verdict in a certain period of time
1. What is the difference between certainty and doubt?
2. What is the difference between “taking a stand” and stubbornness?
3. The jurors are spending their time dealing with the theme of justice. What does justice mean?
4. When the fan starts to work, what does it symbolize? What happens?
5. What does the stormy weather symbolize?
1. Certainty (100% believe/not believe) doubt (50% believe or not believe)
2. Taking a stand=to fight for something you believe in/stubbornness=to not change your opinion when there is good reason to do so
3. Justice=to fight or believe in what is right & fair
4. The jurors start to cool off and think/act more reasonably and less emotionally=symbolizes a return to rationalism
5. the rising conflict between the 2 groups of jurors
1. There are 3 main witnesses in the story—True or False?
2. The witnesses in the story—are they for the defense or the prosecution?
3. What does the guard give to the jury foreman?
4. Why is Juror 3 so mad at the kid, and why is he the last juror to vote “not guilty”?
5. Why does Juror 5 get mad when some of the other jurors indicate the kid killed his father because he grew up poor in a slum?
1. False (2)
2. Prosecution
3. Knife or diagram of old man's apartment
4. Because of his estranged relationship with his own son...he doesn't realize until the end that he is judging the boy as if he were 3's own son
5. Because 5 grew up in a slum and knows that not all people in slums turn out to be criminals
1. Which juror is the only one that makes good counter arguments to Juror 8? A. 2 B. 7 C. 4 D. 10
2. Which juror explains to the others how to use a switchknife?
3. Which juror doesn’t seem to care rather the kid is guilty or not because he wants to leave to see a baseball game?
4. Which juror do all the other jurors turn their backs on?
5. Juror 6 protects which juror from being bullied?
6. Which juror is a house painter? A. 2 B. 1 C. 12 D. 6
1. C
2. 5
3. 7
4. 10
5. 9
6. D