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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. The ACLU sees Tennessee's law against teaching evolution as part of a systematic "assault" on personal liberty, starting with limitations when?
(a) Spanish-American War.
(b) Mexican-American War.
(c) World War I.
(d) U.S. Civil War.

2. How does the prosecution handle jury selection?
(a) Readily accepts almost everyone.
(b) Accepts only those professing Christianity.
(c) Rejects any accepting evolution theory.
(d) Accepts after rigorous questioning.

3. What does John Randolph Neal do while serving as the primary defense at a preliminary hearing on May 9?
(a) Declines to make a statement.
(b) Readily concedes that Scopes teaches human evolution.
(c) Maintains that the text Scopes uses has school approval.
(d) Maintains that Scopes' teaching does not conflict with biblical accounts.

4. On what grounds does Darrow argue that the statute is illegal, given that it imposes a specific religious stance?
(a) Violates freedom of speech.
(b) Evolutionary theory is proven.
(c) Multiple interpretations exist.
(d) Violates freedom of education.

5. When Tennessee's bill passes, the ACLU runs a notice where, seeking a teacher willing to challenge the law?
(a) Knoxville Journal.
(b) Nashville Tribune.
(c) Memphis Flyer.
(d) Chattanooga Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. World War I plays an important role in the tensions between modernists and fundamentalists as what happens?

2. Journalists covering the case note that what is lacking between the prosecution and defense?

3. Darrow's practice shifts slowly to criminal law where he often seeks to challenge traditional ideologies of what?

4. Who argues that the earth has a very long geologic history and that some biological species are extinct?

5. Universities begin incorporating tenure and academic freedom to protect the freedom of what?

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