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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. Because of the high publicity, how do the potential jurors feel?
(a) Virtually all want to be on jury.
(b) Virtually none want to be on jury.
(c) Most unsure if they want to be on jury.
(d) Roughly half want to be on jury.

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

3. The anti-evolution crusade revives in the 1920s due partly to high school enrollments at all time highs and what else?
(a) Texts include more political science.
(b) Texts include more modern history.
(c) Texts include more revolutionary theory.
(d) Texts include evolutionary theory.

4. Prosecutors open by briefly arguing that Scopes violates the law by teaching that humans evolve from other life forms and what?
(a) Scopes does not believe in the Bible.
(b) Scopes knew that teaching evolution violates the law.
(c) This cannot be taught with the biblical account of creation.
(d) This denies the biblical account of creation.

5. The combination of what laws result in more students remaining in school beyond the elementary level?
(a) Child labor, compulsory education.
(b) Compulsory education, apprentice.
(c) Child labor, labor union.
(d) Labor union, compulsory education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Larson say transpires when the chief prosecutor calls for the end of the questioning?

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

3. The state supreme court says the anti-evolution law only applies to employees in official roles and does not violate what?

4. The scene that the author refers to in his Introduction is said to be reminiscent of what dramatic scenes?

5. Through what method does Bryan want to debunk evolution theories?

(see the answer key)

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