Quiz

Diagramming and Inherit the Wind Quiz
Diagram the Following Sentences
1. Our car is parked across the street.
2. A play about Cleopatra and Tut will show tonight.
3. The plan with only one engine should have landed on the slippery runway.
4. Jack and Jill went up the hill.
5. Mr. Jones teaches English.

Inherit the Wind: Short Answer
1. Describe how Drummond and Cates are bound by more than just the court case.
2. Describe why the town is on trial itself.
3. Describe the relationship between Rachel and her father, making at least one reference to the text.
4. Pick one of the six themes and discuss how it relates to Act I.
5. Explain why the town seems like a “county fair,” and how this atmosphere impacts the town.
6. Explain the significance of the following quote (both its meaning in the novel and life in general) “He who troubleth his own house will inherit the wind.”
7. Discuss 2 persuasive techniques used in the first or second Act and comment on their effectiveness.
8. Write the real life counterparts for the following characters: Henry Drummond, Mathew Harrison Brady, and Bertram Cates.