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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During the prayer meeting, who asks Reverend Brown to lesson his hard stance?
(a) Brady.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Drummond.
(d) Hornbeck.

3. At the end of the prayer meeting, who sends the crowd home?
(a) Hornbeck.
(b) Brady.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Reverend Brown.

4. At the end of the prayer meeting, what does the crowd's response to Brady signify?
(a) That he will win his case.
(b) That he will lose his case.
(c) Their ability to change.
(d) Their small town stubborness.

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

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

7. Why is Drummond's first witness not allowed to speak?
(a) The topic is too sensitive.
(b) The topic is against the law.
(c) Brady suggests the witness is in contempt.
(d) The judge does not like the witness.

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

9. How does Brady define sex when questioned by Drummond?
(a) For those who are married.
(b) Original sin.
(c) Inaccurate in the Bible.
(d) Necessary for procreation.

10. What does Brady claim God can do to science?
(a) Teach through it.
(b) Squash it.
(c) Control it.
(d) Cancel it.

11. Drummond asks Brady why God gives people the ability to what?
(a) Teach.
(b) Procreate.
(c) Think.
(d) Speak.

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

13. Brady refers to the opinions Cates delivers in court as what?
(a) A waste of time.
(b) Ignorant.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Bigoted.

14. Brady asks if Cates has ever taught from what book?
(a) Science: Creation in Two Forms.
(b) Genesis.
(c) The one the school told him to.
(d) The World Brittanica.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Initially, who does Reverend Brown ask for God to strike down during the prayer meeting?

2. Who is scheduled as Drummond's first witness?

3. Who helps Brady campaign for the presidency in 1908?

4. Who is on the witness stand at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?

5. What book of the Bible is referenced at the prayer meeting?

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