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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. What does John Randolph Neal do while serving as the primary defense at a preliminary hearing on May 9?
(a) Declines to make a statement.
(b) Readily concedes that Scopes teaches human evolution.
(c) Maintains that Scopes' teaching does not conflict with biblical accounts.
(d) Maintains that the text Scopes uses has school approval.

2. The state supreme court says the anti-evolution law only applies to employees in official roles and does not violate what?
(a) Freedom of religion.
(b) Freedom of speech.
(c) Freedom of education.
(d) Individual freedom.

3. The scene that the author refers to in his Introduction is said to be reminiscent of what dramatic scenes?
(a) Radio, TV.
(b) Stage, movie.
(c) Movie, TV.
(d) Stage, TV.

4. Who is the last witness for the prosecution who states that Scopes knew he was violating the law?
(a) Fred Robertson.
(b) Fred Robins.
(c) Fred Roberts.
(d) Fred Robinson.

5. Bryan concedes that he interprets the Bible and at times, he does not know the answers to what?
(a) Biological questions Darrow raises.
(b) Evolution questions Darrow raises.
(c) Zoological questions Darrow raises.
(d) Biblical questions Darrow raises.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bryan offers his services to the prosecution in mid-May despite not having been practicing law for how long?

2. Dayton is an unlikely choice for the trial, as it is more rural, dwindling in numbers, and what?

3. Some geologists reconcile biblical accounts with theories of the earth's lengthy geologic past and extinct species by positing how?

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

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

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