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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Allen's account of Darrow questioning Bryan reconstructs the events and transforms them into a defeat for what?

2. Larson says that Darrow asks potential jurors if they know anything about evolution, think the Bible opposes it, and what third issue?

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

4. Darrow seeks an early ruling on whether scientific experts may testify, and the judge says he will hear the issue when?

5. Middle ground exists between the modernists and fundamentalists, and it garners what amount of attention?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Scopes confer with in New York the month before the trial?

2. Why is it in the final analysis that neither side is able to claim a decisive victory?

3. What witnesses does the prosecution call?

4. Why is it important when Darrow ended?

5. Why is Monday, the second trial date, essential for the defense?

6. What does Bryan do upon conclusion of the Scopes trial?

7. What early legal issues echo the argument that is before the court?

8. How does Davenport prepare for the trial?

9. Why are court proceedings moved to the courthouse lawn?

10. How do fundamentalists approach modernists and evolutionists to debate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What general sentiments permeating American society, both during and immediately subsequent to World War I, have been significantly responsible for the ACLU being largely unsuccessful in the legal cases they have taken up prior to the Scopes trial? Individuals challenging these ideologies have what strikes against them?

Essay Topic 2

What sort of contrast to each other do Bryan and Darrow present? How do their respective personalities and feelings concerning the causes they believe in affect the trial? What roles do differences in their religious beliefs or lack thereof, and views of human evolution theories play?

Essay Topic 3

How is the development of a powerful anti-evolution movement, as well as discovery of additional fossils and evidence for evolution necessary for the Scopes trial as it takes place?

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