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Inherit the Wind Quiz 1

  • 1. What is the setting for the action of Inherit the Wind?
    •     A small town, not too long ago
    •     Hillsboro, 1925
    •     The South, thirty years ago
    •     Tennessee, yesterday or tomorrow

  • 2. What were the real names of the "giants" who clashed in the trial upon which the play is based?
    •     Darrow and Drummond
    •     Darrow and Bryan
    •     Drummond and Brady
    •     Bryan and Drummond

  • 3. When does the play begin?
    •     at the convening of court on a summer day
    •     the evening, on the first of August
    •     an hour after dawn, on a July day
    •     noon, the Fourth of July

  • 4. What does the boy Howard say to tease Melinda in the first scene?
    •     Her grandparents were monkeys.
    •     She and her whole family were once worms.
    •     The devil is coming to town for the trial.
    •     She is going to hell for learning about evolution from Cates.

  • 5. Who does Meeker, the bailiff, consider the "best catch" the town jail has ever had?
    •     An Ohio man who committed a brutal crime and was defended by Drummond
    •     Two Chicago child murderers
    •     Bertram Cates, the teacher who taught evolution
    •     A Minnesota man who killed his wife and was extradited

  • 6. What does the banner that Rev. Brown makes the workmen hang over the entrance to the courthouse say?
    •     Down With Darwin
    •     Inherit the Wind
    •     Where Will You Spend Eternity?
    •     Read Your Bible

  • 7. What paper does E.K. Hornbeck write for?
    •     The Baltimore Herald
    •     The Hillsboro Ledger
    •     The New York Times
    •     The Chicago Tribune

  • 8. How many times has Brady run for President?
    •     1
    •     2
    •     3
    •     4

  • 9. What is Brown's impression of Drummond?
    •     He is one of the most agile legal minds of the twentieth-century.
    •     He is a worthy opponent, a Goliath that will make Brady's victory even more impressive.
    •     He is a gentleman from Chicago, out of place in a small Southern town.
    •     He is a creature of the Devil, perhaps even the Devil himself.

  • 10. Which of the following men is chosen to be a juror?
    •     Bollinger
    •     Bannister
    •     Dunlap
    •     Corkin

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