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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 Tennessee Supreme Court takes what action regarding Scopes' conviction?
(a) Overturns.
(b) Reverts to lower court.
(c) Upholds.
(d) Sustains.

2. What is President Calvin Coolidge's position on the trial?
(a) Declines to comment.
(b) Modernist.
(c) It is a Tennessee matter.
(d) Fundamentalist.

3. In the 1920s, which denominational leaders stress the divine inspiration of the Bible and its literal interpretation?
(a) Christian Science, Roman Catholic.
(b) Presbyterian, Methodist.
(c) Baptist, Presbyterian.
(d) Baptist, Lutheran.

4. After the war, the cultural crisis grows worse for fundamentalists and they begin to take what action?
(a) Terrorist.
(b) Revolutionary.
(c) Religious.
(d) Social.

5. 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) A1921.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1925.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most national politicians publicly choose what position on the trial?

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

3. Bryan and fundamentalists help revive talk about evolution and religious implications into what type of political issue?

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

5. What do modernists argue matters regarding the accounts within biblical scriptures?

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