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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Drummond ask Dunlap prior to rejecting him for the jury?
(a) Whether he believes in God.
(b) If he reads the Bible.
(c) If he loves his mother.
(d) How he is.

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

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

5. Rachel tells Hornbeck all answers to existence are found where?
(a) Nature.
(b) The stars.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The heavens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rachel asks Drummond if Cates is a what?

2. Prior to accepting the jury, who does the judge rule as out of order?

3. Where does Sillers work?

4. According to Drummond, those who hold up the progression of society are what?

5. What ability does Bannister lack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is evolution? What is the story of creation in the Bible?

2. The prayer meeting becomes an act of entertainment. How does religion as entertainment affect the townspeople's commitment to it?

3. The Mayor refuses to remove the title of Colonel from Brady; instead, he awards a similar title to Drummond when Drummond complains. What does this action demonstrate about the town's mentality?

4. Why does Drummond protest the "Read Your Bible" sign?

5. Why does Drummond bring up horse racing while awaiting the verdict?

6. Why is the appearance of a monkey important in Act One?

7. At what point does Drummond accept Siller as a juror?

8. After collapsing, what speech does Brady give as he is being carried away?

9. Brady is portrayed as a somewhat gluttonous character throughout the play. As gluttony appears in the Bible as a sin, this demonstrates that Brady is willing to judge others on their sins but is unwilling to chastise himself. Why?

10. Cates reveals to Rachel that he taught Darwinism in his classroom because he "thought he was right". What does this tell the reader about Cates' character?

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