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WorksheetsInherit the Wind Act 3
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Identify Golden Dancer.
a)
A nickname given to Rachel when she was little.
b)
A rocking horse that Drummond wanted as a child.
c)
The title of the book Bert Cates had read when he was younger.
d)
A code name E.K. Hornbeck was using to secretly telegraph information about the trial to his editor.
2.
What was the jury's verdict?
a)
Guilty
b)
Not guilty
c)
It was a hung jury.
d)
Bert got off on a technicality.
3.
What happened to Bert?
a)
He had to do community service.
b)
He was asked to leave town.
c)
He had to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
d)
He had to pay a $100 fine.
4.
What happened to Brady?
a)
He collapsed and died.
b)
He went home to his farm and never again appeared in public.
c)
He went to divinity school.
d)
He vowed to take the case to the Supreme Court.
5.
Did Bert win or lose?
a)
He won. Even though he was found guilty, his sentence was very light.
b)
He lost. His future in this town is ruined.
c)
He won but felt bad about doing so.
d)
He lost because his wife left him.
6.
Who paid bail for Bert?
a)
Rachel
b)
The Baltimore Herald
c)
Drummond
d)
Cates paid for himself.
7.
What decision did Rachel make?
a)
She is going to marry Bert.
b)
She is going to teach in Bert's place and continue his work.
c)
She is going to study anthropology.
d)
She is going to leave her father and go out on her own.
8.
To what does Rachel compare ideas?
a)
She compares them to children inside our bodies; they have to be bord, to come out. The good ones will live and the sickly ones will mostly die.
b)
She compares them to rivers. Some grow deep and wide while others slow to a trickle.
c)
She compares them to anthills. Even if they get stepped on, they can be built back up.
d)
She compares them to the moon. They may be fully or partially developed, but they will always be there, tugging at us.
9.
Drummond says Brady had the same right as Cates. What right is that?
a)
The right to be wrong.
b)
The right to live as he believes.
c)
The right to appeal the case.
d)
The right to privacy after the trial's conclusion.
10.
How will Cates's case be appealed?
a)
The students collected money to pay for it.
b)
Rachel donated her life savings to Bert's cause.
c)
Drummond implied he would do it for free.
d)
The Philadelphia Bulletin has offered to support the endeavor.
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