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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 7 The Trial of the Century.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Prosecutors privately boast that they will ambush the defense, who will expect them to restrict the case to what?
(a) Incompatibility of Christianity, evolution.
(b) Human evolution is not proven.
(c) Human evolution, Christianity are incompatible.
(d) People's right to control school curricula.

2. After 1923, anti-evolutionists begin focusing on which state for legal action?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Georgia.

3. The author identifies the timing of the anti-evolution movement of the 1920s is due in part to what?
(a) Growth of public, private schools.
(b) Growth of public schools.
(c) College growth.
(d) Growth of private schools.

4. What else pushes evolution to the forefront of public debate in the early 1920s?
(a) New fossil discoveries.
(b) Major changes in theological positions of Catholicism.
(c) Major changes in theological positions of Christian Science.
(d) World War I veterans enter postgraduate studies.

5. When Tennessee's bill passes, the ACLU runs a notice where, seeking a teacher willing to challenge the law?
(a) Nashville Tribune.
(b) Memphis Flyer.
(c) Knoxville Journal.
(d) Chattanooga Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. The prosecution argues that the law simply bars teaching evolution, regardless of what?

2. How does the prosecution handle jury selection?

3. Tennessee outlaws teaching that denies the biblical account of creation, so the defense wants to show what?

4. What is one ACLU concern with Darrow?

5. In June 1925, Scopes meets with which three well-known scientists who help shape public response to his trial?

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