Inherit the Wind Act 3

Identify Golden Dancer.

• A nickname given to Rachel when she was little.
• A rocking horse that Drummond wanted as a child.
• The title of the book Bert Cates had read when he was younger.
• A code name E.K. Hornbeck was using to secretly telegraph information about the trial to his editor.

What was the jury's verdict?

• Guilty
• Not guilty
• It was a hung jury.
• Bert got off on a technicality.

What happened to Bert?

• He had to do community service.
• He was asked to leave town.
• He had to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
• He had to pay a $100 fine.

What happened to Brady?

• He collapsed and died.
• He went home to his farm and never again appeared in public.
• He went to divinity school.
• He vowed to take the case to the Supreme Court.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Did Bert win or lose?

• He won. Even though he was found guilty, his sentence was very light.
• He lost. His future in this town is ruined.
• He won but felt bad about doing so.
• He lost because his wife left him.

Who paid bail for Bert?

• Rachel
• The Baltimore Herald
• Drummond
• Cates paid for himself.

What decision did Rachel make?

• She is going to marry Bert.
• She is going to teach in Bert's place and continue his work.
• She is going to study anthropology.
• She is going to leave her father and go out on her own.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

To what does Rachel compare ideas?

• 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.
• She compares them to rivers. Some grow deep and wide while others slow to a trickle.
• She compares them to anthills. Even if they get stepped on, they can be built back up.
• She compares them to the moon. They may be fully or partially developed, but they will always be there, tugging at us.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Drummond says Brady had the same right as Cates. What right is that?

• The right to be wrong.
• The right to live as he believes.
• The right to appeal the case.
• The right to privacy after the trial's conclusion.

How will Cates's case be appealed?

• The students collected money to pay for it.
• Rachel donated her life savings to Bert's cause.
• Drummond implied he would do it for free.
• The Philadelphia Bulletin has offered to support the endeavor.