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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Rachel beg Drummond to do, following jury selection?
2. Cates describes the conditions in jail as what?
3. Why does Drummond object to the title of Colonel for Brady?
4. What type of jury does Brady want?
5. Hornbeck asks Elijah if he is a what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the judge dismiss the majority of Drummond's witnesses?
2. Why can't the Origin of Species be taught in Hillsboro?
3. Hornbeck just listens to Brady's speech, unlike the other reporters, who hang on Brady's every word. What does this tell the audience about Hornbeck?
4. Hornbeck says progress has made ordinary people obsolete. What is meant by this statement?
5. Why does Drummond call Brady to the stand to speak about the Bible?
6. Brady says that Cates' "bigoted opinions" will not be forgotten by the community, even if they are removed from court record. What does this say about the power of ideas?
7. Why does Reverend Brown preach from the book of Genesis at the prayer meeting?
8. After collapsing, what speech does Brady give as he is being carried away?
9. Although Cates lost, it is said that he won. Why?
10. When Reverend Brown asks God to curse his daughter for her defense of Cates, what does this say about his character?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the scene where Drummond gives Cates the option of backing out of the trial.
Part 1) Why does Cates choose to continue the trial?
Part 2) Is this the choice Drummond wants him to make? Why?
Part 3) Is this the choice Rachel wants him to make? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the final moment of Inherit the Wind, when Drummond balances both the Bible and Darwin's Origin of Species in his hands, finally leaving with both.
Part 1) Why does Drummond weigh both books together?
Part 2) When Drummond leaves, why does he leave with both books?
Part 3) At the beginning of the play, do you feel he would have done the same? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Popular opinion shapes how Brady feels about himself throughout Inherit the Wind. Choose one of the following moments from the play and analyze how it helped or hurt Brady's self-confidence and why.
1) The way Brady was greeted when he arrived in town.
2) The time Brady served on the witness stand.
3) The speech Brady made on the radio, following the verdict.
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