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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 addition to Florida, which state passes a minor resolution on the anti-evolution issue in 1923?
(a) Georgia.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Oklahoma.

2. Who finds part of a parietal bone and skull pieces long before the trial that become known as the Piltdown skull?
(a) Charles Dawson.
(b) Georges Cuvier.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Chevalier de Lamarck.

3. Darrow is likely the most famous U.S. trial lawyer by the 1920s, defending many famous clients including what Socialist labor leader in the late 1890s?
(a) Eugene V. Debs.
(b) Simon Winn.
(c) Charles Matchett.
(d) Charles H. Corregan.

4. Larson says the defense strategy of calling a prosecutor to the stand to testify as a hostile witness is what?
(a) Twisted.
(b) Inevitable.
(c) Clever.
(d) Smart.

5. By ending the defense without a closing argument, Darrow averts what?
(a) Closing argument by Bryan, defense appeal.
(b) Closing prosecution argument, maximum fine.
(c) Maximum fine imposition.
(d) Possible hung jury, prolonging defense appeal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although the prosecution has seen the law upheld, what does the defense believe?

2. What position does Bryan previously serve in, but later resign from?

3. About how many reporters cover the trial from Dayton?

4. A 1935 attempt to repeal the anti-evolution law receives what level of conservative attention?

5. Anti-evolutionists gain a political and legal issue when a group in which state calls for a law against teaching evolution?

(see the answer key)

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