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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. Over a century before the Piltdown skull find, who argues that environmental changes may affect biological makeup, and changes pass down to offspring?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Charles Dawson.
(c) Georges Cuvier.
(d) Chevalier de Lamarck.

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

3. The initial bill, calling for a ban on teaching evolution in schools, results in defeat by how many votes in the state's House of Representatives?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

4. What does the jaw for the Piltdown skull appear to be of?
(a) An unknown ape.
(b) An unknown feline.
(c) An unknown canine.
(d) An underdeveloped bear.

5. Why does Darrow volunteer to defend Scopes beyond believing teachers should be able to instruct evolution?
(a) Needs national publicity.
(b) Seeks freedom of public education.
(c) Wants to debate Bryan.
(d) Feels concern for Scopes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What else pushes evolution to the forefront of public debate in the early 1920s?

2. The 1920s see some evolution theories fitting within Christian views change as anti-evolutionists gain ground, primarily among whom?

3. Despite its rise, the anti-evolution movement lacks a clear, specific legal or political issue until when?

4. The National Civil Liberties Bureau was established when to defend protesters and conscientious objectors to World War I?

5. When Tennessee's bill passes, the ACLU runs a notice where, seeking a teacher willing to challenge the law?

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