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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 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.

2. Who spurs the idea that science and religion conflict, and deny a growing consensus among theologians and scientists by the 1900s?
(a) Historians, theologians.
(b) Historians, writers.
(c) Clergy, natural scientists.
(d) Historians, geologists.

3. Why does Darrow volunteer to defend Scopes beyond believing teachers should be able to instruct evolution?
(a) Seeks freedom of public education.
(b) Wants to debate Bryan.
(c) Feels concern for Scopes.
(d) Needs national publicity.

4. In addition to Florida, which state passes a minor resolution on the anti-evolution issue in 1923?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Georgia.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In introducing Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan, Larson centers on questioning, focusing on what?

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

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

5. Darrow never specifically asks about what?

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