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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 6 Preliminary Rounds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dayton, between Knoxville and Chattanooga in the Tennessee River valley, is in what part of Tennessee?
(a) East.
(b) North.
(c) South.
(d) West.

2. Another ACLU worry, if both Darrow and Bryan work on the trial, is that it would become a clash between what?
(a) Liberals, conservatives.
(b) Science, religion.
(c) Religion, anti-religion.
(d) Fundamentalism, modernism.

3. Paleontologist Arthur Smith Woodward labels the Piltdown skull from a new species from what extinct primate?
(a) Eosinophil.
(b) Eohippus.
(c) Eoanthropus dasoni.
(d) Eolith.

4. The author identifies the timing of the anti-evolution movement of the 1920s is due in part to what?
(a) College growth.
(b) Growth of public, private schools.
(c) Growth of private schools.
(d) Growth of public schools.

5. Futile attempts of the ACLU in cases before Scopes' trial are likely because of what general attitude during and directly after World War I?
(a) Fundamentalism, patriotism.
(b) Anticommunism, fundamentalism.
(c) Anticommunism, patriotism.
(d) Antisocialism, capitalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finds part of a parietal bone and skull pieces long before the trial that become known as the Piltdown skull?

2. Larson says that Darrow asks potential jurors if they know anything about evolution, think the Bible opposes it, and what third issue?

3. Darrow tries to find jurors who profess what?

4. In the 1920s, which denominational leaders stress the divine inspiration of the Bible and its literal interpretation?

5. Which New Yorker, originally with a chemical engineering doctorate, sees a way to challenge the anti-evolution law?

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