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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 9 Retelling the Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1925, Dayton Tennessee is what type of town?
(a) Very old.
(b) Relatively old.
(c) Very new.
(d) Relatively new.

2. Tennessee newspapers see the trial as what?
(a) Both as a loss and a victory for each side.
(b) Neither as a loss or a victory for either side.
(c) Both as a loss and a draw for each side.
(d) Both as a draw and a victory for each side.

3. Anti-evolutionists gain a political and legal issue when a group in which state calls for a law against teaching evolution?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Florida.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Oklahoma.

4. The nation's press quickly turns from the trial to what?
(a) Scopes' appeals.
(b) Fundamentalist demonstrations.
(c) Other topics.
(d) Significance it has.

5. Who, at the time, sees the trial as a clear-cut victory for the defense or the prosecution?
(a) Darrow.
(b) No one.
(c) Scopes.
(d) Rappleyea.

Short Answer Questions

1. In defending conscientious objectors and war protesters, National Civil Liberties Bureau activists see that what are not the same?

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

3. How soon does Bryan die after the trial ends?

4. Bryan concedes that he interprets the Bible and at times, he does not know the answers to what?

5. Who finds part of a parietal bone and skull pieces long before the trial that become known as the Piltdown skull?

(see the answer key)

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