Inherit the Wind: Study Help: Quiz

1: What is the name of the 1925 Act that banned the teaching of evolutionary theory in all Tennessee public schools?

a. The Scopes Act

b. The Peay Act

c. The Butler Act

d. The Thompson Act

2: What was the famous trial that Lawrence and Lee based their play on?

a. The Johnson Trial

b. Brown v. Board of Education

c. The Scopes Trial

d. State v. Darrow

3: What town does the play take place in?

a. Shepherdstown

b. Harrison

c. Hillsboro

d. Hadley

4: For what paper does E.K. Hornbeck write?

a. The Evening Sun

b. the Cumberland Reporter

c. The Washington Star

d. the Baltimore Herald

5: Why does Rachel go to see Bert in jail?

a. To ridicule him

b. To tell him that she’s leaving town

c. Because her father ordered her to

d. Because she wants to convince him to admit he was wrong

6: When Drummond arrives in town, what does Melinda mistake him for?

a. A vagrant

b. The devil

c. Her visiting uncle

d. A missionary

7: Who is prosecuting Bert?

a. William Butler

b. E.K. Hornbeck

c. Matthew Brady

d. Henry Drummond

8: Who decides to sell Bibles and voice his religious beliefs to the crowd of people awaiting Brady's train?

a. A hermit

b. A young boy

c. A cabinetmaker

d. A Chicago radioman

9: What does Rachel decide in the end?

a. That she will leave town because she is so upset by the controversy

b. That her father is right and that evolutionary theory is evil

c. That Cates was wrong to defy the word of God

d. That she understands the importance of freedom of thought

10: Which of the following losses did Brady NOT experience?

a. He lost the trial.

b. He lost his reputation.

c. He lost because the insignificance of the fine implies that the crime was also insignificant.

d. He lost his life.

11: Who says the following: “Perhaps it is you who have moved away — by standing still.”

a. Reverend Brown

b. Matthew Brady

c. Henry Drummond

d. Bertram Cates

12: Who says the following: “Evolution is not on trial.”

a. Matthew Brady

b. Rachel Brown

c. The judge

d. Reverend Brown

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