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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brady refuse to accept about Drummond?
(a) Different ideas.
(b) Lack of ambition.
(c) Compassion for the poor.
(d) Desire to run for office.

2. What surprise witness does Drummond call to the stand?
(a) Mrs. Brady.
(b) Cates.
(c) Brady.
(d) The Storekeeper.

3. The judge is willing to hear an expert on what?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Geology.
(c) Astrophysics.
(d) Darwinism.

4. What does the workman say to justify leaving up the prayer sign on the courthouse?
(a) "Half the people can't read anyway."
(b) "We'll put up a sign for Cates' case, too."
(c) "It's too heavy to take down."
(d) "The devil don't run this town."

5. Drummond suggests that anyone who is "against Brady" is what?
(a) A free thinker.
(b) Against God.
(c) Going to jail.
(d) For God.

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

7. Rachel is asked to give Cates' opinion on what?
(a) Science.
(b) Education.
(c) Religion.
(d) Children.

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

9. Brady accuses Drummond of what after the prayer meeting?
(a) Bribing the judge.
(b) Ruining his chances for future elections.
(c) Selling his soul to the devil.
(d) Moving far away from him.

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

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

12. Which witness is dismissed, prior to Drummond's cross-examination?
(a) Rachel.
(b) No one.
(c) Howard.
(d) Reverend Brown.

13. What does Drummond suggest about Brady and how he lives his life?
(a) He is on a path to self-destruction.
(b) He is the perfect representation of a monkey.
(c) His vanity will get him in the end.
(d) He is behind the times.

14. Referencing the Bible, Brady claims the earth is how old?
(a) 10 million years.
(b) 5 million years.
(c) 6,000 years.
(d) 100 years.

15. Who helps Brady campaign for the presidency in 1908?
(a) The mayor.
(b) Reverend Brown.
(c) The District Attorney.
(d) Drummond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Brady try to do for Mr. Brady prior to the prayer meeting?

2. At the end of the prayer meeting, who sends the crowd home?

3. How does Brady define sex when questioned by Drummond?

4. Who arrives late to the prayer meeting?

5. Cates claims the books of "Evil-utionists" are filled with what?

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