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Inherit the Wind | Quiz

Jerome Lawrence
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Inherit the Wind | Quiz

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1)

If Cates apologizes, Drummond feels that Cates will be what? (from Act 1, Scene 2)

Reinstated as a teacher.
Tormented.
Abandoned.
Cowardly.
2)

Hornbeck tells Cates the newspaper offers every new subscriber what? (from Act 3)

A new lease on life.
A year of freedom.
The Bible.
A free wedding announcement.
3)

Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place? (from Act 2, Scene 1)

The courthouse lawn.
The courtroom.
Cates' jail cell.
The town square.
4)

Rachel asks Drummond if Cates is a what? (from Act 1, Scene 2)

Hero.
Liar.
Attention seeker.
Criminal.
5)

What does Brady suggest the prayer meeting might do for Hornbeck? (from Act 2, Scene 1)

Anger.
Entertain.
Enlighten.
Inspire.
6)

During the prayer meeting, who asks Reverend Brown to lesson his hard stance? (from Act 2, Scene 1)

Rachel.
Brady.
Drummond.
Hornbeck.
7)

What does Hornbeck do for Cates after the trial? (from Act 3)

Tear down the "Read Your Bible" sign.
Make him dinner.
Take his photograph for the article.
Pay his bail.
8)

Drummond says that Brady looks for God where? (from Act 3)

In a sandwich.
In people.
Too high up and too far away.
Only in the service of his church.
9)

During the prayer meeting, who does Reverend Brown add to the list to be struck down? (from Act 2, Scene 1)

Drummond.
Cates.
Hornbeck.
His daughter.
10)

What are the workmen building at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1? (from Act 2, Scene 1)

A cross.
A new cell for the jail.
A prayer meeting platform.
A house.
11)

What does Drummond ask Brady about the Bible? (from Act 2, Scene 2)

Whether it is affordable.
Why more people don't read it.
If he likes reading it.
If it should be taken literally.
12)

After the prayer meeting, what does Drummond suggest Brady has done? (from Act 2, Scene 1)

Moved away by standing still.
Influenced Cates to throw the case.
Set the whole case up.
Set the town back thirty years.
13)

What does Hornbeck say he is not? (from Act 2, Scene 1)

A believer in God.
An objective reporter of the facts.
A lawyer.
A believer in Darwinism.
14)

What does Brady ask the radio man to do? (from Act 3)

Ensure the radio picks up his voice.
Let him announce the verdict on-air.
Predict the verdict in his favor.
Leave the courthouse.
15)

What does Drummond say about Cates when Rachel asks about him? (from Act 1, Scene 2)

He is fighting a losing battle.
He will crack on the witness stand.
He loves her more than anything.
He is a strong man.
16)

What happens to Drummond's second witness? (from Act 2, Scene 2)

The judge bars him from speaking.
He sides with Brady.
He does not show up.
He is murdered.
17)

What words does Drummond say on the microphone? (from Act 3)

God and hell.
Monkey and God.
Fire and damnation.
Bible and treason.
18)

According to Drummond, what is more important than what is "right"? (from Act 2, Scene 2)

Persistence.
Excellence.
Truth.
Honor.
19)

What does Brady ask for after hearing the sentence? (from Act 3)

Favor.
A more dramatic punishment.
Forgiveness.
To speak on the radio.
20)

Drummond surprises Hornbeck how? (from Act 3)

Admitting he agreed with Brady.
Quoting the Bible.
Punching him in the face.
By running as Brady's V.P.
21)

Who asks Reverend Brown to forgive Cates? (from Act 2, Scene 1)

Melinda.
Brady.
Timmy.
Rachel.
22)

Brady claims that Cates sees marriage as similar to what? (from Act 2, Scene 2)

The breeding of animals.
Heaven.
Being on trial.
His jail cell.
23)

What old friends have a conversation after the prayer meeting? (from Act 2, Scene 1)

Reverend Brown and Drummond.
Brady and Reverend Brown.
Brady and Drummond.
Rachel and Cates.
24)

Who does the judge finally refuse to hear? (from Act 2, Scene 2)

Cates.
Rachel.
Any experts on Darwin.
Drummond and his case.
25)

What is Rachel scared of as a child? (from Act 1, Scene 2)

Falling off the Earth.
That her father was the devil.
That she was the devil.
Talking to God.
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