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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. Through what method does Bryan want to debunk evolution theories?
(a) Theologians.
(b) Clergy members.
(c) University professors.
(d) Expert testimony.

2. World War I plays an important role in the tensions between modernists and fundamentalists as what happens?
(a) Many fundamentalists support the war, and global affairs intervention.
(b) Many modernists oppose the war, and global affairs intervention.
(c) Nearly all modernists support the war, and global affairs intervention.
(d) Many modernists support the war, and global affairs intervention.

3. In June 1925, Scopes meets with which three well-known scientists who help shape public response to his trial?
(a) George W. Rappleyea, J. McKeen Cattell, Charles B. Davenport.
(b) Henry Fairfield Osborn, J. McKeen Cattell, Charles B. Davenport.
(c) Henry Fairfield Osborn, Ben G. McKenzie, Charles B. Davenport.
(d) Henry Fairfield Osborn, J. McKeen Cattell, John T. Raulston.

4. Despite its rise, the anti-evolution movement lacks a clear, specific legal or political issue until when?
(a) Late 1921.
(b) Early 1925.
(c) Late 1923.
(d) Early 1924.

5. The nation's press quickly turns from the trial to what?
(a) Other topics.
(b) Scopes' appeals.
(c) Significance it has.
(d) Fundamentalist demonstrations.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anti-evolutionists gain a political and legal issue when a group in which state calls for a law against teaching evolution?

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

3. What is Bryan's view regarding World War I?

4. Most major newspapers take what position?

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

(see the answer key)

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