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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. Other writers follow Allen's unintentional reconstructions and view the trial as the last stand of what?
(a) Christian fundamentalism.
(b) Darwin's theory of evolution.
(c) Teaching evolution in schools
(d) Darrow's defense of Scopes.

2. The modern Scopes legend arises in part by the release of Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s and what other film?
(a) Inherit the Wind.
(b) The Wind.
(c) Gone With the Wind.
(d) Wind over Water.

3. About how many reporters cover the trial from Dayton?
(a) 100.
(b) 200.
(c) 400.
(d) 300.

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

5. Larson presents the leading players, Darrow and Bryan, and provides a sense of what between them?
(a) Respect, courtesy.
(b) Antagonism, tension.
(c) Tension, professionalism.
(d) Respect, professionalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. As desire for academic freedom spreads to high schools, the ACLU defends teachers and what else?

2. What do individuals frequently refer to the Scopes trial as?

3. What is President Calvin Coolidge's position on the trial?

4. With the McCarthy-era attacks on individual liberty and rights, what does the trial come to symbolize?

5. Academic freedom has always been a concern for the ACLU, as it relates to what?

(see the answer key)

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