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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. How does the prosecution handle jury selection?
(a) Accepts only those professing Christianity.
(b) Rejects any accepting evolution theory.
(c) Readily accepts almost everyone.
(d) Accepts after rigorous questioning.

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

3. The trial opens on Friday. What is the date?
(a) August 10, 1925.
(b) June 10, 1925.
(c) July 10, 1925.
(d) May 10, 1925.

4. The anti-evolution movement develops during the 1920s as it does due to Bryan's leadership and what else?
(a) Fundamentalists' opposition to conservative Christianity.
(b) Modernists' strong support of conservative Christianity.
(c) Fundamentalists' support of modernism.
(d) Fundamentalists' opposition to modernism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. High school texts are rewritten in the wake of the trial, with many doing what?

2. In addition to Florida, which state passes a minor resolution on the anti-evolution issue in 1923?

3. Darrow is what for contempt due to comments he makes the previous Friday; charges the judge dismisses when he apologizes?

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

5. What do modernists argue matters regarding the accounts within biblical scriptures?

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