Inherit The Wind

Question 0

Creationist

Answer 0

Believes the Bibles account for the Earth’s creation

Question 1

Evolutionist

Answer 1

Believes that we evolved over time from smaller organisms

Question 2

Heathen

Answer 2

Person who doesn’t belong to a widely held religion

Question 3

Agnostic

Answer 3

One who is unsure of the existence of God

Question 4

Veniremen

Answer 4

Person summoned to be considered for juror position

Question 5

Petulant

Answer 5

Easily irritated or annoyed

Question 6

Pariah

Answer 6

Person who is rejected from society or home

Question 7

Bias

Answer 7

Favoring one person or side over another

Question 8

Bewilder

Answer 8

Cause to be confused emotionally

Question 9

Bigoted

Answer 9

Blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and tolerant toward others

Question 10

Heresy

Answer 10

Any opinions that differ from the official or Orthodox position

Question 11

Glib

Answer 11

Marked by lack of intellectual depth

Question 12

Contemptuously

Answer 12

Without respect; disdainful manner

Question 13

Atheist

Answer 13

Someone who denies the existence of God

Question 14

How did they appeal the case

Answer 14

Pay and go to the Supreme Court

Question 15

Where did the real trial occur

Answer 15

Dayton Tennessee

Question 16

Name the playwrights

Answer 16

Robert E Lee & Jerome Lawrence

Question 17

Who is Cates

Answer 17

The teacher who taught evolution to his students

Question 18

Who started the theory of evolution

Answer 18

Charles Darwin

Question 19

What book did Cates read to his students

Answer 19

The book of Genesis

Question 20

Who said “hello devil, welcome to hell”

Answer 20

Hornbeck

Question 21

Name one theme from the play and related to the events in the play

Answer 21

Stand up for what you believe in even if you’re standing alone

Question 22

What is the genre of ITW

Answer 22

Courtroom drama

Question 23

Who is Brady

Answer 23

The prosecution attorney that is super religious and is trying to prove Cates guilty

Question 24

Who is the real life Brady

Answer 24

Clarence Darrow

Question 25

Who is the real life Cates

Answer 25

John T Scopes

Question 26

Who is Rachel Brown

Answer 26

Cates’s girlfriend

Question 27

Who said “he that troubleith his own house shall inherit the wind”

Answer 27

Brady

Question 28

What does that quote mean in relation to the play

Answer 28

Brown has cause trouble in his own house by condemning his daughter and will ultimately inherit the wind when Rachel leaves him

Question 29

How did many religious people in real life and in the play first react to the theory of evolution

Answer 29

They thought it was the devil

Question 30

What was the law passed making it illegal to teach evolution in public schools

Answer 30

The Butler Law

Question 31

Who is the defense attorney for the case

Answer 31

Drummond

Question 32

What is the nickname for the trial both in real life and play

Answer 32

Scopes Monkey Trial

Question 33

Who is the real life Drummond

Answer 33

William Jennings Bryan

Question 34

Where did the real life trial take place

Answer 34

Dayton Tennessee

Question 35

Who said “all motion is relative. Perhaps it is you who is moved away – by standing still”

Answer 35

Drummond

Question 36

What is the meaning of that quote?

Answer 36

Drummond implies that he was moving by being a modernist and Brady has stood still by being a traditionalist

Question 37

Who is Howard

Answer 37

A student in Cates’s science class that grasps the idea of evolution

Question 38

What does Howard call Melinda and call her whole family

Answer 38

Worms

Question 39

How does Mrs. Brady treat Mr. Brady

Answer 39

Like a son

Question 40

Why did Cates leave the church

Answer 40

Tommy Stebbins

Question 41

Who is the district attorney in the play

Answer 41

Davenport

Question 42

How many times has Brady ran for president

Answer 42

3