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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. Darrow never specifically asks about what?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Solar system.
(c) Bible.
(d) Evolution.

2. Some geologists reconcile biblical accounts with theories of the earth's lengthy geologic past and extinct species by positing how?
(a) Account of six days is literal rather than symbolic.
(b) Account of only lives on Noah's ark surviving a great flood is literal.
(c) Account of six days is symbolic rather than literal.
(d) Accounts of human life spans of hundreds of years are literal.

3. The author identifies the timing of the anti-evolution movement of the 1920s is due in part to what?
(a) Growth of private schools.
(b) College growth.
(c) Growth of public schools.
(d) Growth of public, private schools.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Greater student numbers plus the growing fundamentalist movement means conservative Christian parents find what is coming into conflict?

2. The 1920s see some evolution theories fitting within Christian views change as anti-evolutionists gain ground, primarily among whom?

3. The Introduction focuses on questioning taking place on a wooden platform in what location?

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

5. What does Bryan do in view of a literal Biblical interpretation and scientific facts when Darrow questions him?

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