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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dayton, between Knoxville and Chattanooga in the Tennessee River valley, is in what part of Tennessee?
(a) West.
(b) South.
(c) East.
(d) North.

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

3. In introducing Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan, Larson centers on questioning, focusing on what?
(a) Jesus' inner circle of disciples.
(b) Old Testament miracles.
(c) New Testament miracles.
(d) Book of Revelation.

4. Scopes is the ideal defendant in many ways being young, single, shy, well-liked, and what else?
(a) Plans to publish book about the trial.
(b) Having little to lose.
(c) Can offer soapbox replies about evolution.
(d) Willing to pursue postgraduate studies in law.

5. Academic freedom has always been a concern for the ACLU, as it relates to what?
(a) Freedom of speech.
(b) Freedom of research.
(c) Freedom of religion.
(d) Freedom of education.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because of the shape and size of the Piltdown skull, scientists at that time believe it is a what?

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

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

4. Darrow's practice shifts slowly to criminal law where he often seeks to challenge traditional ideologies of what?

5. What summer does the title of Edward J. Larson's work refer to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the find that paleontologist Arthur Smith Woodward labels Eoanthropus dasoni?

2. Although Darrow never specifically asked about evolution, he did lead Bryan through a series of questions intended to show what?

3. How does Darrow become involved in the Scopes trial on the defense side?

4. What does federalism grow out of?

5. William Jennings Bryan is one of the key players in this historical work. His role is what?

6. In his introduction, how does the author describe the scene where Clarence Darrow questions William Jennings Bryan?

7. What is the position that Bryan comes to aid in prosecuting?

8. What were concerns the ACLU had about Darrow?

9. How do anti-evolutionists respond to new fossil discoveries and discussion of evolution?

10. What role does William Jennings Bryan play in the rise of the anti-evolutionary movement and events leading to the Scopes trial?

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