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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most national politicians publicly choose what position on the trial?
(a) Straddle the fence.
(b) Their personal view.
(c) Modernist.
(d) Fundamentalist.

2. The judge adjourns until Tuesday afternoon (14th), as a storm the night before affects what that prevents him from preparing a ruling?
(a) Dayton's telephone service.
(b) Dayton's water, power.
(c) Dayton's streets.
(d) Dayton's court facilities.

3. The defense openly issues what daily notices?
(a) Which expert witnesses may testify.
(b) All witnesses who will testify, all possible strategies.
(c) Which possible strategies they may follow.
(d) Which expert witnesses may testify, possible strategies.

4. Both sides predict victory, yet the ACLU also makes plans for what?
(a) Trials in federal court.
(b) Massive demonstrations in Nashville, Tennessee.
(c) Multiple trials in other states.
(d) Further appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court.

5. Other writers follow Allen's unintentional reconstructions and view the trial as the last stand of what?
(a) Teaching evolution in schools
(b) Darrow's defense of Scopes.
(c) Darwin's theory of evolution.
(d) Christian fundamentalism.

6. Tennessee newspapers see the trial as what?
(a) Both as a loss and a victory for each side.
(b) Both as a draw and a victory for each side.
(c) Neither as a loss or a victory for either side.
(d) Both as a loss and a draw for each side.

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

8. The jury lets the judge impose the minimum fine of how much?
(a) $10.
(b) $1.
(c) $100.
(d) $250.

9. Only Yesterday is written by Harper's editor Frederick Lewis Allen and published in which year?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1941.

10. Larson illustrates how collective memories of events do what?
(a) Change limitedly in socio-political context over time.
(b) Change over time.
(c) Do not change much over time.
(d) Become essentially forgotten.

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

12. The prosecution argues that the law simply bars teaching evolution, regardless of what?
(a) Evolution is.
(b) Evolution is commonly thought to mean.
(c) Evolution is or is not.
(d) Evolution is not.

13. What does the defense stress?
(a) Freedom of religion, separation of church and state.
(b) Freedom of speech, separation of church and state.
(c) Freedom of education, speech, religion.
(d) Freedom of speech, religion.

14. By the 1950s, the trial becomes popular among historians and is often shown whose victory?
(a) Moderates.
(b) Conservatives.
(c) Fundamentalists.
(d) Liberals.

15. On what grounds does Darrow argue that the statute is illegal, given that it imposes a specific religious stance?
(a) Violates freedom of education.
(b) Multiple interpretations exist.
(c) Violates freedom of speech.
(d) Evolutionary theory is proven.

Short Answer Questions

1. The defense opens with Maynard M. Metcalf, a witness whose expertise is in what field?

2. The Tennessee Supreme Court takes what action regarding Scopes' conviction?

3. Prosecutors open by briefly arguing that Scopes violates the law by teaching that humans evolve from other life forms and what?

4. By ending the defense without a closing argument, Darrow averts what?

5. About how many reporters cover the trial from Dayton?

(see the answer keys)

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