Inherit the Wind | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Act 1, Scene 1

1. Where is Inherit the Wind set?

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

3. What is Howard doing at the beginning of Act One?

4. Howard tells Melinda that she originated as what?

5. Howard tells Melinda that her father originated as what?

6. How does Melinda respond to Howard's opinion on origin?

7. In Act One, who makes a secret visit to Hillsboro Jail?

8. Bert Cates is in jail for what crime?

9. Cates describes the conditions in jail as what?

10. In Act One, what does Rachel try to convince Cates to do?

11. How does Rachel describe Brady to Cates?

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