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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 8 The End of an Era.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Paleontologist Arthur Smith Woodward labels the Piltdown skull from a new species from what extinct primate?
(a) Eolith.
(b) Eosinophil.
(c) Eohippus.
(d) Eoanthropus dasoni.

2. What position does Bryan previously serve in, but later resign from?
(a) Secretary of the Army.
(b) Secretary of Treasury.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) Secretary of Education.

3. After defeat of the first bill for a ban on teaching evolution, Bryan argues that who should decide what is taught?
(a) Courts.
(b) School boards.
(c) Parents.
(d) Taxpayers.

4. Once proceedings are over, the jury returns to the room for instructions, having heard how much testimony and questioning?
(a) 4 hours testimony, minimal questioning.
(b) 2 hours testimony, no questioning.
(c) 2 hours testimony, minimal questioning.
(d) 4 hours testimony, no questioning.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who attends a sermon Bryan gives in Dayton on Sunday (12th) immediately after the first trial date?

2. The trial opens on Friday. What is the date?

3. The ACLU defends teachers fired for opposing World War I and fights school systems over what mandatory exercises?

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

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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