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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. How many conservatives gather at the first World's Christian Fundamentals Association conference in 1919?
(a) 60,000.
(b) 600,000.
(c) 6,000.
(d) 600.

2. The scene that the author refers to in his Introduction is said to be reminiscent of what dramatic scenes?
(a) Stage, TV.
(b) Radio, TV.
(c) Movie, TV.
(d) Stage, movie.

3. Why are Christian scientists less able to enter the fray and offer theories allowing both the Bible and science?
(a) Due to discoveries in experimental genus.
(b) Due to discoveries in experimetal palentology.
(c) Due to discoveries in experimental genetics.
(d) Due to discoveries in experimental generics.

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

5. Talk of evolution and new fossil finds have anti-evolutionists responding how beyond calling for teaching limits?
(a) Numerous seek requisite Bible teaching in public schools.
(b) Many note the teaching compatability of science, Christianity.
(c) Most strive for equal time instructing evolution, the Bible.
(d) Some decry the fossils as frauds, challenge their antiquity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Because of the shape and size of the Piltdown skull, scientists at that time believe it is a what?

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

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

5. In the 1920s, which denominational leaders stress the divine inspiration of the Bible and its literal interpretation?

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