Inherit the Wind TEST Flashcards
Who watches over and babies her husband - and her husband often calls her mother?
Mrs. Brady
Who is a famous lawyer from Chicago whom the Baltimore Herold sends to be the defense attorney?
Henry Drummond
Who gives Matthew Harrison Brady the honorary title of colonel?
Judge
Who is the 22 year old second grade teacher who is a close friend of the defendant’s?
Rachel brown
Who is the head of religion in Hillsboro who scares people into believing in God?
Rev Brown
Who is a national political figure and a 3-time loser in presidential campaigns who arrives in Hillsboro to lead the prosecution of the trail?
Brady
Who is a student in Cate’s science class who teases another kid, stating that she evolved from worms?
Howard
Who is the bailiff at the courthouse?
Meeker
Who is the 24 year old science teacher and the defendant in the trial?
Bertram Cates
Who is a cynical and sarcastic newspaperman and critic who travels to Hillsboro to cover the trial from the Baltimore Herald?
EK Hornbeck
What is the name of the book by Charles Darwin that explain his theory of evolution?
Origin of species
Why is the opening scene in the play important?
It is the main conflict of the play
How do the townspeople of Hillsboro welcome Brady?
Having a picnic lunch
Who is the protagonist of the play?
Bertrum Cates
What is the setting of the play? (Place)
Hillsboro, Tennessee
What is the setting of the play? (time)
A time not long ago
Who did Henry Drummond call to the stand to serve as an expert on the bible?
Matthew Harrison Brady
Who dies at the end of the play?
Matthew Harrison Brady
When Drummond hold the Bible and Darwin’s book in both hands - what does it show he believes?
That both books are equal
What was the Golden Dancer?
The name of a rocking horse Drummond received as a little boy
Why does Rachel feel guilty about her conversation with Brady?
She is worried about inadvertently hurting Bert
What title does the mayor bestow upon Brady?
Honorary Colonel
How does the town refer to Drummond?
The devil
How many times has Matthew Harrison Brady run for president?
3 times
EK Hornbeck writes for what newspaper?
Baltimore Herald
What crime did Bert Cates commit?
For teaching evolution
What commercial announcement does the judge make after court has been adjourned?
a prayer meeting
Who said AND what does the following quote mean:
“The man who has everything figured out is probably a fool. College examinations notwithstanding, it takes a very smart fell to say, “I don’t know.”
Drummond
that we do not have everything figured out. A smarter person will say I don’t know.
Who said AND what does the following quote mean:
“All motion is relative. Perhaps it is you who have moved away by standing still.”
Drummond
He is talking about how Brady and he were once close but Brady did not evolve or grow.
Who said AND what does the following quote mean:
“Which is hungrier my stomach or my soul?”
EK Hornbeck
Deciding what he would take a Bible or a hot dog
Who said AND what does the following quote mean:
“Excuse me, gentlemen. I must get me to a typewriter and hammer out they story of an atheist who believes in God.”
EK Hornbeck
Referring to Drummond and his ability to recite the Bible
Discuss the major themes of the play and how these themes show up through the story?
Freedom of Thought - - -
Evolution - - the author used evolution as a metaphor for control over an individual’s thoughts or beliefs.
Describe the main conflict. Discuss Cates’s conflict, how he deals with it and how the conflict is resolved?
Man vs Society - - After being arrested for teaching evolution to his science classes, Bertram Cates becomes the center of a controversial trial about religious fundamentalism versus the freedom of individual thought
How does Rachel change throughout the play? What does this tell us about the conflict and themes of the play?
At first just goes along to get along AND she is very afraid to go against her father.
At the end of the play she decides to stand up for her rights to think and decides to leave her father and goes with Bertram
When Drummond holds the Bible and Darwin’s book in his hands, what is he balancing them like? What does this show about his opinion of both books?
Like his hands are a scale. He is showing that both of the should have equal value.
What was the Golden Dancer and why does Drummond tell Cates about it?
Golden Dancer was a wooden rocking horse that Drummond saw in a window of a store. It was poorly made (all shine and no substance.)
He says to be careful of brining shiny perfect things into your life - you have to look behind the paint. If it is a lie - show that lie for what it is
What does the line, “He that troubleth his own house . . . shall inherit the wind mean? Who says this and why?
You should not be cursing your family (referring to Rev Brown talking about cursing his daughter). he should be trying to save her soul. Brady will not inherit/or gain anything except the wind.
