Practice Chapter 20 (1.4.5) - ICSE Class 12 English Elective Unit 1: To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee Chapters 16–31

Practice: Chapter 20

Lesson 1.4.5ICSE Class 12 English Elective Unit 1: To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee Chapters 16–31

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Question 1.
Whom do Scout and Dill meet outside the courtroom, and what does his bottle really contain?
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Remember what he keeps in a paper bag.
Question 2.
Name one weakness in the State's case that Atticus stresses in his closing argument.
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Think about what a doctor could have provided.
3Question 3.
What does Dolphus Raymond drink from his paper bag?
- Coca-Cola
- Whisky
- Water
- Tea
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The town has misjudged him.
4Question 4.
Why does he pretend to be a drunkard?
- To give the town a reason it can accept for how he lives
- Because he is hiding from the law
- Because he wants to be thrown out of Maycomb
- Because Atticus asked him to
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Think about what the town prefers to believe.
Question 5.
Write a paragraph of about 130 words explaining how Dolphus Raymond's pretence reflects the hypocrisy of Maycomb.
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Link the false story to the town's need for comfort and its unwillingness to question its own rules.
Question 6.
Outline Atticus's closing argument in five steps, and say what each step is meant to achieve.
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Move from evidence to motive to principle.

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