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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 10 Distant Echoes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ACLU defends teachers fired for opposing World War I and fights school systems over what mandatory exercises?
(a) Patriotic.
(b) Bible reading.
(c) Physical.
(d) Religious.

2. Bryan hears of the proposal to ban teaching evolution, and as he supports the idea in talks and writing, he does what else?
(a) Addresses the state Senate.
(b) Addresses the state House of Representatives.
(c) Addresses joint sessions of the state's legislature.
(d) Avoids addressing governmental bodies.

3. What is President Calvin Coolidge's position on the trial?
(a) It is a Tennessee matter.
(b) Declines to comment.
(c) Fundamentalist.
(d) Modernist.

4. In what state do legislators pass a measure that would facilitate teaching creationism in public schools?
(a) Minnesota..
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Georgia.
(d) California.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two young attorneys agree to serve on the prosecution?

2. The ACLU begins preparing for an appeal and tries to exclude Darrow from the proceedings. What does he do?

3. Who spurs the idea that science and religion conflict, and deny a growing consensus among theologians and scientists by the 1900s?

4. In the 1920s, which denominational leaders stress the divine inspiration of the Bible and its literal interpretation?

5. The author identifies the timing of the anti-evolution movement of the 1920s is due in part to what?

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