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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. Bryan and fundamentalists help revive talk about evolution and religious implications into what type of political issue?
(a) Major.
(b) Local.
(c) Sporadic.
(d) Minor.

2. 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) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

3. Dayton, between Knoxville and Chattanooga in the Tennessee River valley, is in what part of Tennessee?
(a) North.
(b) West.
(c) South.
(d) East.

4. Darrow defends John Scopes for violating which laws, saying evolution cannot be taught in public schools?
(a) County.
(b) Municipal.
(c) Federal.
(d) State.

5. The National Civil Liberties Bureau was established when to defend protesters and conscientious objectors to World War I?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1915.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does John W. Butler propose it a misdemeanor to teach that man evolves, "from a lower order of animal" instead of the biblical account?

3. What do modernists argue matters regarding the accounts within biblical scriptures?

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

5. Futile attempts of the ACLU in cases before Scopes' trial are likely because of what general attitude during and directly after World War I?

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