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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 8 The End of an Era.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bryan immediately goes on the offense for his crusade, revising what would have been his closing argument into what?
(a) A legal request for anti-evolution laws in other states.
(b) An argument to counter an appeal.
(c) A debate platform.
(d) A fiery speech.

2. Both sides predict victory, yet the ACLU also makes plans for what?
(a) Trials in federal court.
(b) Further appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court.
(c) Multiple trials in other states.
(d) Massive demonstrations in Nashville, Tennessee.

3. Bryan begins to believe that the trial needs to exclude any discussion on what?
(a) Biology itself.
(b) Bible itself.
(c) Evolution itself.
(d) Christianity itself.

4. Bryan and fundamentalists help revive talk about evolution and religious implications into what type of political issue?
(a) Sporadic.
(b) Local.
(c) Minor.
(d) Major.

5. Although the prosecution has seen the law upheld, what does the defense believe?
(a) They will eventually win popular support.
(b) The popular view is moving to the middle.
(c) They won the popular reaction to the trial.
(d) The popular reaction was essentially split.

Short Answer Questions

1. The person who has been debating Bryan over the years increases his efforts to show what as the trial nears?

2. Internal conflict, confusion, and maneuvering characterize which side in the days before the state supreme court hears the case?

3. Scopes leaves following the verdict to study where?

4. 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?

5. About how many reporters cover the trial from Dayton?

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