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

2. 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 experimental genetics.
(c) Due to discoveries in experimetal palentology.
(d) Due to discoveries in experimental generics.

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

4. In introducing Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan, Larson centers on questioning, focusing on what?
(a) Old Testament miracles.
(b) Book of Revelation.
(c) New Testament miracles.
(d) Jesus' inner circle of disciples.

5. Anti-evolutionists gain a political and legal issue when a group in which state calls for a law against teaching evolution?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Florida.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who spurs the idea that science and religion conflict, and deny a growing consensus among theologians and scientists by the 1900s?

3. In addition to Florida, which state passes a minor resolution on the anti-evolution issue in 1923?

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

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

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