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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 1 Digging Up Controversy.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do individuals frequently refer to the Scopes trial as?
(a) Scopes primate trial.
(b) Scopes monkey trial.
(c) Scopes gorilla trial.
(d) Scopes ape trial.

3. Larson shows that how many theories of evolutionary development fit nicely within a Christian explanation of the world?
(a) Most.
(b) Nearly all.
(c) Some.
(d) Virtually none.

4. Darrow defends John Scopes for violating which laws, saying evolution cannot be taught in public schools?
(a) Municipal.
(b) County.
(c) Federal.
(d) State.

5. 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) Chevalier de Lamarck.
(c) Georges Cuvier.
(d) Charles Darwin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Larson say transpires when the chief prosecutor calls for the end of the questioning?

2. What question does the Scopes trial rest on?

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

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

5. By choosing the trial moment that he selects in his Introduction, what does the author do?

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