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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) Oklahoma.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Kentucky.

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

3. The defense opens with Maynard M. Metcalf, a witness whose expertise is in what field?
(a) Geology.
(b) Biology.
(c) Zoology.
(d) Physiology.

4. Prosecutors open by briefly arguing that Scopes violates the law by teaching that humans evolve from other life forms and what?
(a) Scopes does not believe in the Bible.
(b) Scopes knew that teaching evolution violates the law.
(c) This denies the biblical account of creation.
(d) This cannot be taught with the biblical account of creation.

5. Academic freedom has always been a concern for the ACLU, as it relates to what?
(a) Freedom of research.
(b) Freedom of religion.
(c) Freedom of speech.
(d) Freedom of education.

Short Answer Questions

1. Larson presents the leading players, Darrow and Bryan, and provides a sense of what between them?

2. Who spurs the idea that science and religion conflict, and deny a growing consensus among theologians and scientists by the 1900s?

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

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

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

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