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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Drummond suggest about Brady and how he lives his life?

2. Drummond believes Cates is really on trial for what?

3. Before the prayer meeting, Reverend Brown describes the townspeople as what?

4. What is the theme of the prayer meeting?

5. What is the crowd asked to do during the prayer meeting?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Brady mentions several cases that Drummond has worked on in the past. What are these cases? What do they say about Drummond's character as a man and as a lawyer?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the final moment of Inherit the Wind, when Drummond balances both the Bible and Darwin's Origin of Species in his hands, finally leaving with both.

Part 1) Why does Drummond weigh both books together?

Part 2) When Drummond leaves, why does he leave with both books?

Part 3) At the beginning of the play, do you feel he would have done the same? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The small talk between the characters in Inherit the Wind is simple and mindless.

Part 1) What topics are discussed? Why?

Part 2) What topics are not discussed? Why?

Part 3) Why do you think the townspeople stick to safe topics? What might happen if real conversations started taking place?

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