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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. What does Larson say transpires when the chief prosecutor calls for the end of the questioning?
(a) The judge terminates the questioning.
(b) Bryan refuses to leave the witness chair.
(c) Bryan acquiesces to the chief prosecutor's call.
(d) Darrow objects and states that he is not finished.

2. What question does the Scopes trial rest on?
(a) The Bible is a faulty source to educationally teach history.
(b) The Bible has no place in the public schools.
(c) The Bible is not factual..
(d) The Bible is a faulty source to educationally teach nature, science.

3. The 1920s see some evolution theories fitting within Christian views change as anti-evolutionists gain ground, primarily among whom?
(a) Christian Scientists.
(b) Roman Catholics.
(c) Lutherans.
(d) Fundamentalist Christians.

4. By choosing the trial moment that he selects in his Introduction, what does the author do?
(a) Provides an overview of evolutionary theory.
(b) Draws readers in, frames the rest of his work.
(c) Outlines subsequent chapters.
(d) Affords background of Darrow, Bryan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bryan is caught between arguing for a literal interpretation of the Bible and accommodating facts about what?

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

3. The scene that the author refers to in his Introduction is said to be reminiscent of what dramatic scenes?

4. What does the jaw for the Piltdown skull appear to be of?

5. Larson shows that how many theories of evolutionary development fit nicely within a Christian explanation of the world?

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