Inherit the Wind Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Inherit the Wind Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rachel beg Drummond to do, following jury selection?
(a) Call off the trial.
(b) Show some respect for her town.
(c) Defend Cates to his best ability.
(d) Read his Bible.

2. Who is providing Cates with a lawyer?
(a) The school board.
(b) The Chicago Times.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) The Baltimore Herald.

3. Where does Sillers work?
(a) School, with Cates.
(b) The railroad.
(c) The grocery.
(d) At a feed store.

4. What is Howard doing at the beginning of Act One?
(a) Arguing with a monkey.
(b) Fighting his brother.
(c) Looking for worms.
(d) Witnessing a crime.

5. Drummond refers to what as "Brown's product"?
(a) Fear.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Religion.

6. In Act One, what does Rachel try to convince Cates to do?
(a) Apologize for breaking the law.
(b) Continue preaching his piece.
(c) Escape from jail.
(d) Beg pardon from the governor.

7. What ability does Bannister lack?
(a) Arithmetic.
(b) Listening.
(c) Reading.
(d) Writing.

8. Bannister claims that Drummond represents who in the past?
(a) A poacher from North Dakota.
(b) Two child murderers in Chicago.
(c) A serial killer from the North.
(d) Preachers from the South.

9. Howard tells Melinda that she originated as what?
(a) A frog.
(b) A monkey.
(c) An ape.
(d) A worm.

10. When Hornbeck comes to town, what does he buy?
(a) A hotdog.
(b) Beer.
(c) A Bible.
(d) Lemonade.

11. Who approaches Brady following the jury selection?
(a) No one.
(b) Many townspeople.
(c) The judge.
(d) Cates.

12. What type of meeting is held at the court on the night of the jury selection?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Civil rights.
(c) City council.
(d) Prayer.

13. What does Drummond say about Cates when Rachel asks about him?
(a) He is a strong man.
(b) He will crack on the witness stand.
(c) He is fighting a losing battle.
(d) He loves her more than anything.

14. The first time Brady enters town, who is he with?
(a) Mrs. Brady, Reverend Brown, the District Attorney.
(b) Timmy.
(c) A newspaper reporter from Washington, D.C.
(d) Reverend Brown and the Judge.

15. Drummond says that killing a wife is not as bad as killing what?
(a) Oneself.
(b) A monkey.
(c) An old wives' tale.
(d) Ideals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the opening of Act One take place?

2. What does Darwin's "Origin of Species" teach?

3. Cates describes the conditions in jail as what?

4. Bert Cates is in jail for what crime?

5. How is Brady's physicality described?

(see the answer keys)

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