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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. The ACLU begins preparing for an appeal and tries to exclude Darrow from the proceedings. What does he do?
(a) Concentrates on writing a book.
(b) Remains on the defense team.
(c) Moves on to other cases.
(d) Leaves the defense team.

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

3. About how many reporters cover the trial from Dayton?
(a) 300.
(b) 200.
(c) 400.
(d) 100.

4. When does John W. Butler propose it a misdemeanor to teach that man evolves, "from a lower order of animal" instead of the biblical account?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1925.
(c) A1921.
(d) 1919.

5. Both sides use the media in attempts to throw off the other. How?
(a) Keeping quiet or broadcasting everything possible.
(b) Keeping quiet or broadcasting virtually all falsely.
(c) Both sides broadcasting much falsely to confuse.
(d) Both sides broadcasting as much as possible to confuse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Bryan comes how many days before the trial, giving him control over the "stage" of Dayton until defense arrival?

4. Debates show that many who doubt the evolution theory feel how as to its inclusion in school curricula?

5. Prosecutors privately boast that they will ambush the defense, who will expect them to restrict the case to what?

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