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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does Drummond attempt to read out loud in court?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Collected Works of William Shakespeare.
(c) The Origin of Species.
(d) Brady's Journal.

2. What does Hornbeck claim to be?
(a) A martyr.
(b) A Pulitzer Prize seeker.
(c) A critic.
(d) A silent observer.

3. When does the town prayer meeting start?
(a) Once the judge arrives.
(b) Fifteen minutes late.
(c) When Brady is ready.
(d) On time.

4. What does the judge say is not on trial?
(a) The right to think.
(b) Curiosity of the heavens.
(c) The townspeople and their beliefs.
(d) Rachel and her morals.

5. Who asks Reverend Brown to forgive Cates?
(a) Brady.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Timmy.
(d) Melinda.

6. Where does Act 2, Scene 1 take place?
(a) The town square.
(b) The courthouse lawn.
(c) The courtroom.
(d) Cates' jail cell.

7. What are the workmen building at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) A new cell for the jail.
(b) A cross.
(c) A house.
(d) A prayer meeting platform.

8. Reverend Brown requests the crowd to do what to those who defy the Word?
(a) Love them.
(b) Curse them.
(c) Guide them.
(d) Stone them.

9. What does Drummond ask Brady about the Bible?
(a) Why more people don't read it.
(b) If he likes reading it.
(c) Whether it is affordable.
(d) If it should be taken literally.

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

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

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

13. After the prayer meeting, what does Drummond suggest Brady has done?
(a) Set the town back thirty years.
(b) Influenced Cates to throw the case.
(c) Moved away by standing still.
(d) Set the whole case up.

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

15. What type of believer does Drummond claim to be?
(a) Atheist.
(b) Agnostic.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Methodist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Brady referencing when he says "Evil-ution"?

2. The judge is willing to hear an expert on what?

3. During the prayer meeting, who does Reverend Brown add to the list to be struck down?

4. Why is Drummond's first witness not allowed to speak?

5. What does Reverend Brown preach at the end of the prayer meeting?

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