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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3 In Defense of Individual Liberty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Because of the shape and size of the Piltdown skull, scientists at that time believe it is a what?
(a) Homocysteine.
(b) Hominoid.
(c) Homoousian.
(d) Homogenate,

2. Darwin's view of random variations and survival-of-the-fittest pose problems for many Christians holding what view of nature?
(a) Teleological.
(b) Geological.
(c) Physiological.
(d) Biological.

3. After defeat of the first bill for a ban on teaching evolution, Bryan argues that who should decide what is taught?
(a) Taxpayers.
(b) School boards.
(c) Parents.
(d) Courts.

4. Some geologists reconcile biblical accounts with theories of the earth's lengthy geologic past and extinct species by positing how?
(a) Account of six days is symbolic rather than literal.
(b) Account of six days is literal rather than symbolic.
(c) Accounts of human life spans of hundreds of years are literal.
(d) Account of only lives on Noah's ark surviving a great flood is literal.

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) Anticommunism, patriotism.
(b) Anticommunism, fundamentalism.
(c) Antisocialism, capitalism.
(d) Fundamentalism, patriotism.

Short Answer Questions

1. As it makes its way into the press, papers proclaim the Piltdown skull proves whose theory of evolution?

2. What do members of the ACLU view the Tennessee statute as one more attempt to do?

3. Greater student numbers plus the growing fundamentalist movement means conservative Christian parents find what is coming into conflict?

4. What is the response Darrow is seeking when questioning Bryan in the introduction?

5. What question does the Scopes trial rest on?

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