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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. 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) Antisocialism, capitalism.
(b) Anticommunism, patriotism.
(c) Anticommunism, fundamentalism.
(d) Fundamentalism, patriotism.

2. As it makes its way into the press, papers proclaim the Piltdown skull proves whose theory of evolution?
(a) Charles Dawson.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) Georges Cuvier.
(d) Chevalier de Lamarck.

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

4. Larson shows that how many theories of evolutionary development fit nicely within a Christian explanation of the world?
(a) Most.
(b) Nearly all.
(c) Some.
(d) Virtually none.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On May 25, what does the grand jury hear?

2. What else pushes evolution to the forefront of public debate in the early 1920s?

3. Journalists covering the case note that what is lacking between the prosecution and defense?

4. What do modernists argue matters regarding the accounts within biblical scriptures?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are two legal battles that helped make Darrow prominent?

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

5. What does George W. Rappleyea see upon viewing the press release about the trial in Dayton?

6. Why is it that the ACLU is concerned about the academic freedom around which the Scopes trial centers?

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

8. What key individuals come aboard the day after George W. Rappleyea?

9. What are some of the similarities Darrow will present in comparison to Bryan?

10. Why is it that the anti-evolution movement's lack of a clear, specific legal or political issue changes by late 1921?

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