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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. 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.

2. What is it that Larson shows that helps put the ACLU into a position to test the Tennessee law and defend Scopes?
(a) That law holds a criminal penalty.
(b) Locating a willing teacher.
(c) Darrow agrees to defend.
(d) Its origins.

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

4. What else pushes evolution to the forefront of public debate in the early 1920s?
(a) Major changes in theological positions of Christian Science.
(b) New fossil discoveries.
(c) Major changes in theological positions of Catholicism.
(d) World War I veterans enter postgraduate studies.

5. What do modernists argue matters regarding the accounts within biblical scriptures?
(a) Precision; unerring historical accuracy.
(b) Understanding; application to people's needs.
(c) Interpretation; application to children's education.
(d) Precision; unerring scientific accuracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Paleontologist Arthur Smith Woodward labels the Piltdown skull from a new species from what extinct primate?

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

3. The combination of what laws result in more students remaining in school beyond the elementary level?

4. Which man, Darrow or Bryan, eventually backs down from the challenges the Scopes trial presents?

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

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