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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Reverend Brown preach at the end of the prayer meeting?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) Judging thy neighbor.
(c) Offering a hand to the weary.
(d) Hellfire and damnation.

2. Who does the judge finally refuse to hear?
(a) Cates.
(b) Drummond and his case.
(c) Any experts on Darwin.
(d) Rachel.

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

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

6. What book of the Bible is referenced at the prayer meeting?
(a) Exodus.
(b) Numbers.
(c) Leviticus.
(d) Genesis.

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

8. What book does Brady admit he has not read?
(a) The rules of the case.
(b) The Origin of Species.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Much of anything.

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

10. Who does Brady claim he will fight, no matter what?
(a) Hard-nosed criminals.
(b) Those who stand in his way.
(c) Anyone against women.
(d) Anyone who opposes the Bible.

11. Brady claims that Cates sees marriage as similar to what?
(a) The breeding of animals.
(b) Being on trial.
(c) His jail cell.
(d) Heaven.

12. How does Hornbeck classify the prayer meeting?
(a) Holy.
(b) Inspiring.
(c) Something he has to report on.
(d) A show.

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

14. What belief does Brady suggest to the crowd is equally Christian?
(a) Deliverance.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Purity.
(d) Forgiveness.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Cates claims religion should be what?

3. During the prayer meeting, who asks Reverend Brown to lesson his hard stance?

4. According to Drummond, what is more important than what is "right"?

5. What does Drummond ask Brady about the Bible?

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