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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 4 Choosing Sides.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which New Yorker, originally with a chemical engineering doctorate, sees a way to challenge the anti-evolution law?
(a) Ben G. McKenzie.
(b) George W. Rappleyea.
(c) Tom Stewart.
(d) John T. Raulston.

2. After the war, the cultural crisis grows worse for fundamentalists and they begin to take what action?
(a) Terrorist.
(b) Revolutionary.
(c) Religious.
(d) Social.

3. 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) County.
(b) Federal.
(c) State.
(d) Municipal.

4. Who argues that the earth has a very long geologic history and that some biological species are extinct?
(a) Chevalier de Lamarck.
(b) Charles Dawson.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Georges Cuvier.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Larson say transpires when the chief prosecutor calls for the end of the questioning?

2. It seems an irregular case as the ACLU is paying litigation costs, and the prosecution is acting under whom?

3. What question does the Scopes trial rest on?

4. The presiding judge wants an indictment as a conservative Christian, feeling a calling from God to officiate, and seeking what?

5. Darrow defends John Scopes for violating which laws, saying evolution cannot be taught in public schools?

(see the answer key)

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