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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 7 The Trial of the Century.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In addition to Florida, which state passes a minor resolution on the anti-evolution issue in 1923?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Georgia.

3. Because the defense opens with a witness other than Scopes, what does this mean?
(a) He will not testify before the court.
(b) He will testify before the court last.
(c) He will not be cross-examined.
(d) He will initially be examined by the prosecution.

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

5. What is it that Larson shows that helps put the ACLU into a position to test the Tennessee law and defend Scopes?
(a) Locating a willing teacher.
(b) That law holds a criminal penalty.
(c) Darrow agrees to defend.
(d) Its origins.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Darrow is likely the most famous U.S. trial lawyer by the 1920s, defending many famous clients including what Socialist labor leader in the late 1890s?

3. Talk of evolution and new fossil finds have anti-evolutionists responding how beyond calling for teaching limits?

4. What is one ACLU concern with Darrow?

5. The anti-evolution crusade revives in the 1920s due partly to high school enrollments at all time highs and what else?

(see the answer key)

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