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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 10 Distant Echoes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most major newspapers take what position?
(a) Support prosecution.
(b) Equal attention to both sides; middle view.
(c) Support defense.
(d) Equal attention; express no opinion.

2. After defeat of the first bill for a ban on teaching evolution, Bryan argues that who should decide what is taught?
(a) Courts.
(b) Parents.
(c) School boards.
(d) Taxpayers.

3. Why is the same grand jury that convened several months prior now returning?
(a) As potential prosecution witnesses.
(b) Questioning as jurors for the case.
(c) To hear motion to quash indictment.
(d) For a new indictment.

4. What do modernists argue matters regarding the accounts within biblical scriptures?
(a) Precision; unerring historical accuracy.
(b) Precision; unerring scientific accuracy.
(c) Interpretation; application to children's education.
(d) Understanding; application to people's needs.

5. The initial bill, calling for a ban on teaching evolution in schools, results in defeat by how many votes in the state's House of Representatives?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1925, the ACLU still seeks a court win, mainly as the first amendment's wording does not necessarily protect freedom of speech at what level?

2. Dayton, between Knoxville and Chattanooga in the Tennessee River valley, is in what part of Tennessee?

3. The state supreme court says the anti-evolution law only applies to employees in official roles and does not violate what?

4. The judge adjourns until Tuesday afternoon (14th), as a storm the night before affects what that prevents him from preparing a ruling?

5. With the McCarthy-era attacks on individual liberty and rights, what does the trial come to symbolize?

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