Theme
What main theme does the bible represent?
Fundamentalism, old-fashioned thinking, holding Gods word above facts, etc.
Religious fundamentalism in the play symbolizes what?
Rigid social order
The town the play is set in
Hillsboro, Tennessee
Drummond said that everyone should have the right
to think
What famous could trial book that takes place also in a small southern town this book be compared to?
To Kill a Mocking Bird
What does "Darwin's Theory of Evolution Represent"
Freedom of thought, scientific thinking, etc.
What symbol helped frame fundamentalism vs. freedom of thought in relationships in the play
Love possibly education
What is the year that the law against teaching evolution in a classroom took effect?
1925
Who says, "I'm a critic, not a reporter."
Hornbeck
Books by what other could clarify some other issues with the scientific theory in the play?
Darwin
In Inherit the Wind, Hillsboro and its residents exemplify this conservative mindset
rural mindset
What symbol represented the rapid technological advancement of early twentieth-century America?
Radio
What time of year the trial takes place?
Summer
Who says, "I can't imagine a world without Matthew Harrison Brady"?
Drummond
What novel by Edward Larsen also investigates American debate over religion
a. Summer for the Gods
b. A Magnificant Catastrophe
a. Summer for the Gods
Why are Reverend Brown’s parishioners are content and complacent in the small town?
Their day-to-day environment never presents them with any new or contrary ideas
What does the golden Dancer in the play symbolize?
the deceptiveness of external beauty
At what time of day and in what month does the play begin?
An hour after dawn, on a July day
Who tells Reverend Brown he should not "inherit the wind"?
Brady
The number one suggested novel to read after this play, Trials of the Monkey: An Accidental Memoir, is written by what author?
Matthew Chapman
Name one historical process that informed the play’s thematic conflict between rural conservatism and urban progressivism?
Urbanization, Immigration, Technological advances
Drummond's "Golden Dancer" is a metaphor for?
fanatical religion, the biased part of town, Brady; when things look pretty but have no substance
Why is it important to the concept of the play that the town is always visible?
To give the impression that the town is on trial as much as the individual defendant
Who said, "If the enemy sends its Goliath into battle, it magnifies our cause"
Brady
What novel by Paul Keith Conkin explores similar religious issues with Darwin's theories?
When All the Gods Trembled: Darwinism, Scopes, and American Intellectuals.