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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. Bryan involves himself in how many state anti-evolution proposals in 1923?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2,

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

3. The 1920s see some evolution theories fitting within Christian views change as anti-evolutionists gain ground, primarily among whom?
(a) Lutherans.
(b) Roman Catholics.
(c) Christian Scientists.
(d) Fundamentalist Christians.

4. Darrow never specifically asks about what?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Bible.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Solar system.

5. Greater student numbers plus the growing fundamentalist movement means conservative Christian parents find what is coming into conflict?
(a) Parents' faith, children's beliefs.
(b) Children's faith, education.
(c) Parents' faith, children's education.
(d) Parents' education, faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Darrow grows to see evolutionary theory as a way of doing what?

2. By choosing the trial moment that he selects in his Introduction, what does the author do?

3. Futile attempts of the ACLU in cases before Scopes' trial are likely because of what general attitude during and directly after World War I?

4. The ACLU defends teachers fired for opposing World War I and fights school systems over what mandatory exercises?

5. What does Bryan do in view of a literal Biblical interpretation and scientific facts when Darrow questions him?

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