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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3 In Defense of Individual Liberty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By 1925, the ACLU still seeks a court win, mainly as the first amendment's wording does not necessarily protect freedom of speech at what level?
(a) Municipal.
(b) County.
(c) Federal.
(d) State.

2. The anti-evolution movement develops during the 1920s as it does due to Bryan's leadership and what else?
(a) Modernists' strong support of conservative Christianity.
(b) Fundamentalists' opposition to modernism.
(c) Fundamentalists' opposition to conservative Christianity.
(d) Fundamentalists' support of modernism.

3. After 1923, anti-evolutionists begin focusing on which state for legal action?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Mississippi.

4. The Introduction focuses on questioning taking place on a wooden platform in what location?
(a) Courtroom.
(b) Municiplal Auditorium.
(c) Courthouse lawn.
(d) City Hall.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. After defeat of the first bill for a ban on teaching evolution, Bryan argues that who should decide what is taught?

4. What do individuals frequently refer to the Scopes trial as?

5. Bryan hears of the proposal to ban teaching evolution, and as he supports the idea in talks and writing, he does what else?

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