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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Drummond ask Brady about the Bible?
(a) If he likes reading it.
(b) Why more people don't read it.
(c) Whether it is affordable.
(d) If it should be taken literally.

2. What book does Brady admit he has not read?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Origin of Species.
(c) The rules of the case.
(d) Much of anything.

3. Drummond asks Howard if these objects, not listed in the Bible, are evil.
(a) Telegraph and postage stamps.
(b) The Bible and his ink pen.
(c) Candy and apple pie.
(d) Tractor and telephone.

4. Reverend Brown requests the crowd to do what to those who defy the Word?
(a) Stone them.
(b) Love them.
(c) Guide them.
(d) Curse them.

5. What book of the Bible is referenced at the prayer meeting?
(a) Genesis.
(b) Leviticus.
(c) Exodus.
(d) Numbers.

6. What does Brady suggest the prayer meeting might do for Hornbeck?
(a) Entertain.
(b) Inspire.
(c) Enlighten.
(d) Anger.

7. Why is Drummond's first witness not allowed to speak?
(a) The judge does not like the witness.
(b) The topic is against the law.
(c) Brady suggests the witness is in contempt.
(d) The topic is too sensitive.

8. What does Brady claim God can do to science?
(a) Cancel it.
(b) Teach through it.
(c) Squash it.
(d) Control it.

9. What does Brady refuse to accept about Drummond?
(a) Desire to run for office.
(b) Lack of ambition.
(c) Compassion for the poor.
(d) Different ideas.

10. In court, Drummond says he wants religion to stop doing what?
(a) Controlling U.S. education.
(b) Persecuting non-believers.
(c) Scaring its followers.
(d) Recruiting new believers.

11. What does Cates suggest Howard could become?
(a) Heartless.
(b) A Godless person.
(c) A scientist.
(d) Insane.

12. Whose testimony does Cates interrupt?
(a) His mother.
(b) Howard.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Reverend Brown.

13. What does Hornbeck claim to be?
(a) A Pulitzer Prize seeker.
(b) A critic.
(c) A martyr.
(d) A silent observer.

14. Who does Brady claim he was once friends with?
(a) Cates.
(b) Reverend Brown.
(c) Drummond.
(d) The President.

15. After the prayer meeting, what does Drummond suggest Brady has done?
(a) Set the whole case up.
(b) Moved away by standing still.
(c) Set the town back thirty years.
(d) Influenced Cates to throw the case.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of believer does Drummond claim to be?

2. How does Hornbeck classify the prayer meeting?

3. Who is scheduled as Drummond's first witness?

4. According to Drummond, what is more important than what is "right"?

5. What does Reverend Brown preach at the end of the prayer meeting?

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