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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. Where does Sillers work?

2. Cates describes the conditions in jail as what?

3. What is Rachel scared of as a child?

4. To Rachel, Hornbeck claims to be on whose side?

5. Prior to Brady's arrival, Melinda sells 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. Why are the townspeople happy about the trial?

4. Define Drummond's word "clock-stoppers".

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

6. At the end of Act One, Drummond is left alone on the stage. What does this moment signify?

7. How does the crowd react when Cates is found guilty? Is this a different outcome than expected?

8. How is the attentiveness to Brady's speech post-trial different from the other times he has spoken?

9. Brady and Drummond were once friends. What do the two characters have in common?

10. Drummond says that society measures everything by an "arbitrary grid of morality". What does this mean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Based on evidence from the play, explain the economic state of Hillsboro. Argue for or against the idea that religion is a significant form of commerce for Hillsboro. Cite specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Out of the following three characters, determine who you feel has the most to win or lose with Cates' court case and why. Back up your theory with specific examples from the text.

- Reverend Brown.

- Brady.

- Cates.

Essay Topic 3

There are moments in Inherit the Wind where Drummond is referred to as the devil.

Part 1) How is the devil defined in this context?

Part 2) Who considers Drummond to be the devil?

Part 3) Do you agree with this nickname? Why or why not?

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