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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Drummond asks Howard if he has committed what crime?
(a) Theft.
(b) Blasphemy.
(c) Murder.
(d) Adultery.

2. What does Brady complain to Hornbeck about?
(a) The heat.
(b) His terrible writing skills.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The bias against him.

3. What book does Drummond attempt to read out loud in court?
(a) Collected Works of William Shakespeare.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Origin of Species.
(d) Brady's Journal.

4. During the prayer meeting, who asks Reverend Brown to lesson his hard stance?
(a) Hornbeck.
(b) Drummond.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Brady.

5. During the prayer meeting, who does Reverend Brown add to the list to be struck down?
(a) Cates.
(b) His daughter.
(c) Hornbeck.
(d) Drummond.

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

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

8. Before the prayer meeting, Reverend Brown describes the townspeople as what?
(a) Desperate to believe.
(b) In line for damnation.
(c) Fervent in their beliefs.
(d) A flock that requires guidance.

9. Who is scheduled as Drummond's first witness?
(a) Cates.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Darwin.
(d) A zoology professor.

10. Drummond's first witness is not allowed to teach what to the courtroom?
(a) The theory of evolution.
(b) Science.
(c) Cates' opinion of the Bible.
(d) Flaws in Genesis.

11. Who is alone on the stage at the end of Act One?
(a) Brady.
(b) Melinda.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Drummond.

12. What is the crowd asked to do during the prayer meeting?
(a) Affirm their beliefs.
(b) Pray for Cates.
(c) Shun those who are against them.
(d) Run Drummond out of town.

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

14. What does Hornbeck say he is not?
(a) A believer in God.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) An objective reporter of the facts.
(d) A believer in Darwinism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Brady asks if Cates has ever taught from what book?

2. What are the workmen building at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?

3. Reverend Brown requests the crowd to do what to those who defy the Word?

4. How does Cates regard Rachel when she takes the stand?

5. Brady accuses Drummond of what after the prayer meeting?

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