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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 2 Government by the People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After defeat of the first bill for a ban on teaching evolution, Bryan argues that who should decide what is taught?
(a) Courts.
(b) Parents.
(c) School boards.
(d) Taxpayers.

2. Bryan is caught between arguing for a literal interpretation of the Bible and accommodating facts about what?
(a) Geology, biology.
(b) Geology, the solar system.
(c) Biology, the solar system.
(d) Evolution.

3. Greater student numbers plus the growing fundamentalist movement means conservative Christian parents find what is coming into conflict?
(a) Children's faith, education.
(b) Parents' education, faith.
(c) Parents' faith, children's education.
(d) Parents' faith, children's beliefs.

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

5. In the 1920s, which denominational leaders stress the divine inspiration of the Bible and its literal interpretation?
(a) Christian Science, Roman Catholic.
(b) Baptist, Lutheran.
(c) Presbyterian, Methodist.
(d) Baptist, Presbyterian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What summer does the title of Edward J. Larson's work refer to?

2. Bryan involves himself in how many state anti-evolution proposals in 1923?

3. After 1923, anti-evolutionists begin focusing on which state for legal action?

4. After the war, the cultural crisis grows worse for fundamentalists and they begin to take what action?

5. The author identifies the timing of the anti-evolution movement of the 1920s is due in part to what?

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