To Kill a Mockingbird Ch. 20-25

Why was Dill upset after Mr. Gilmer's cross-examination of Tom Robinson? (end of ch. 19)

• He was disgusted with the way the jury treated Mayella.

• The way Mr. Gilmer spoke to Tom made Dill sick.

• Dill was afraid Mr. Gilmer would ruin Atticus's case.

• Dill didn't like the way Tom Robinson spoke to Mr. Gilmer.

Which type of rhetoric does Atticus use in the following statement?

"The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence to the effect that the crime Tom Robinson is charged with ever took place" (Lee 231).

• emotional appeal

• logical appeal

• ethical appeal

What type of rhetoric does Atticus use in the following statements?

"I have nothing but pity in my heart for the chief witness for the state, but my pity does not extend so far as to her putting a man's life at stake, which she has done in an effort to get rid of her own guilt...she is the victim of cruel poverty and ignorance..." (Lee 232).

• emotional appeal

• logical appeal

• ethical appeal

What type of rhetoric does Atticus use in the following statement?

"Mayella Ewell was beaten savagely by someone who led almost exclusively with his left" (Lee 232)

• logical appeal

• emotional appeal

• ethical appeal

Which type of rhetoric does Atticus use in the following statements? "The witnesses for the state...have presented themselves to you gentlemen...confident that you gentlemen would go along with them on the assumption--the evil assumption--that all Negroes lie...which gentlemen, we know is in itself a lie as black as Tom Robinson's skin, a lie I do not have to point out to you; you know the truth and the truth is this..." (Lee 233).

• logical appeal

• emotional appeal

• ethical appeal

Which literary device is used in the following statement?

"...there is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, the stupid man the equal of an Einstein, and the ignorant man the equal of any college president" (Lee 234).

• parallelism

• metaphor

• antithesis

• all of the above

What does Atticus mean when he states, "...in this country our courts are the greatest levelers..."?

• Courts do not always have integrity.

• In our courts, all men are created equal.

• Our country has the greatest courts.

• A court is only as sound as its jury.

Who came to court to tell Atticus that Jem and Scout were missing?

• Dill

• Calpurnia

• Miss Maudie

• Sheriff Gilmer

Atticus knew that Jem and Scout were watching from the courtroom balcony.

• True

• False

Which textual evidence supports Scout's notion that Calpurnia has always favored Jem?

• "Jem, don't you know better'n to take your little sister to that trial?"

• "Mister Jem, I thought you was gettin' some kinda head on your shoulders..."

• ...and now here was Calpurnia giving her precious Jem down the country--what new marvels would the evening bring?

• "You ought to be perfectly ashamed of yourself--ain't you got any sense at all?"