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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is alone on the stage at the end of Act One?

2. What does Brady suggest the prayer meeting might do for Hornbeck?

3. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?

4. What does Hornbeck claim to be?

5. Referencing the Bible, Brady claims the earth is how old?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Howard torments Melinda at the beginning of the play, she threatens to tell her father about Howard's ideas.

Part 1) What does Howard tell Melinda?

Part 2) Why is she scared of his ideas?

Part 3) When she threatens to tell her father, how does this parallel Rachel's relationship with her father?

Essay Topic 2

Brady and Drummond are the two main characters of the play, both fighting to win over the town and of course, their side of the case. Choose either Brady or Drummond and analyze the following.

Part 1) Describe this character based on what is said about him before he arrives in Hillsboro.

Part 2) Compare this image to who he is when he arrives.

Part 3) Analyze how and why he has changed by the time he departs.

Essay Topic 3

Drummond and Brady are revealed to be old friends who have fallen away from their friendship with one another. Answer the following:

Part 1) When are Brady and Drummond friends? What do they have in common?

Part 2) Why do they grow apart? Who regrets the distance?

Part 3) At any point in Inherit the Wind, is there hope of rekindling the friendship? Why or why not?

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