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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. Darrow grows to see evolutionary theory as a way of doing what?
(a) Guaranteeing American civil liberty of freedom of speech.
(b) Supporting the ACLU leaders in garnering their initial victory.
(c) Debunking biblical accounts of divine creation, design.
(d) Achieving Scopes' clearance of the criminal charges.

2. Bryan is caught between arguing for a literal interpretation of the Bible and accommodating facts about what?
(a) Geology, the solar system.
(b) Biology, the solar system.
(c) Evolution.
(d) Geology, biology.

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

4. What does the jaw for the Piltdown skull appear to be of?
(a) An underdeveloped bear.
(b) An unknown ape.
(c) An unknown canine.
(d) An unknown feline.

5. The initial bill, calling for a ban on teaching evolution in schools, results in defeat by how many votes in the state's House of Representatives?
(a) 1.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bryan's view regarding World War I?

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

3. Why does Darrow volunteer to defend Scopes beyond believing teachers should be able to instruct evolution?

4. Who is the presiding judge?

5. Darwin's view of random variations and survival-of-the-fittest pose problems for many Christians holding what view of nature?

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