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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who spurs the idea that science and religion conflict, and deny a growing consensus among theologians and scientists by the 1900s?
(a) Historians, writers.
(b) Historians, geologists.
(c) Historians, theologians.
(d) Clergy, natural scientists.

2. Darwin's view of random variations and survival-of-the-fittest pose problems for many Christians holding what view of nature?
(a) Teleological.
(b) Biological.
(c) Physiological.
(d) Geological.

3. Some geologists reconcile biblical accounts with theories of the earth's lengthy geologic past and extinct species by positing how?
(a) Account of only lives on Noah's ark surviving a great flood is literal.
(b) Account of six days is symbolic rather than literal.
(c) Accounts of human life spans of hundreds of years are literal.
(d) Account of six days is literal rather than symbolic.

4. After the war, the National Civil Liberties Bureau changes its name to what to reflect its new focus defending labor union activists?
(a) American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
(b) American Civil Liberty Unit (ACLU).
(c) American Civilian Liberties Unity (ACLU).
(d) American Civilian Legal Union (ACLU).

5. In the 1920s, which denominational leaders stress the divine inspiration of the Bible and its literal interpretation?
(a) Christian Science, Roman Catholic.
(b) Baptist, Lutheran.
(c) Presbyterian, Methodist.
(d) Baptist, Presbyterian.

6. After the war, the cultural crisis grows worse for fundamentalists and they begin to take what action?
(a) Revolutionary.
(b) Terrorist.
(c) Social.
(d) Religious.

7. Futile attempts of the ACLU in cases before Scopes' trial are likely because of what general attitude during and directly after World War I?
(a) Anticommunism, fundamentalism.
(b) Fundamentalism, patriotism.
(c) Anticommunism, patriotism.
(d) Antisocialism, capitalism.

8. What question does the Scopes trial rest on?
(a) The Bible has no place in the public schools.
(b) The Bible is not factual..
(c) The Bible is a faulty source to educationally teach nature, science.
(d) The Bible is a faulty source to educationally teach history.

9. 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?
(a) A1921.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1923.

10. Who finds part of a parietal bone and skull pieces long before the trial that become known as the Piltdown skull?
(a) Charles Dawson.
(b) Georges Cuvier.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Chevalier de Lamarck.

11. The text Scopes has been using while filling in for the regular biology teacher has what approval?
(a) State.
(b) School board.
(c) County.
(d) Municipal.

12. What does Bryan do in view of a literal Biblical interpretation and scientific facts when Darrow questions him?
(a) Refuses to answer some questions.
(b) Concedes this critical point.
(c) States that scientific assumptions are often disproved.
(d) Maintains his literal Biblical view.

13. What do modernists argue matters regarding the accounts within biblical scriptures?
(a) Precision; unerring historical accuracy.
(b) Understanding; application to people's needs.
(c) Precision; unerring scientific accuracy.
(d) Interpretation; application to children's education.

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

15. What is the response Darrow is seeking when questioning Bryan in the introduction?
(a) Most scriptural passages need interpretation.
(b) Some scriptural passages need interpretation.
(c) All scriptural passages need interpretation.
(d) No scriptural passages need interpretation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The 1920s see some evolution theories fitting within Christian views change as anti-evolutionists gain ground, primarily among whom?

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

4. Which New Yorker, originally with a chemical engineering doctorate, sees a way to challenge the anti-evolution law?

5. As desire for academic freedom spreads to high schools, the ACLU defends teachers and what else?

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