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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. Superintendent White testifies that Scopes does what?

2. Bryan comes how many days before the trial, giving him control over the "stage" of Dayton until defense arrival?

3. With the McCarthy-era attacks on individual liberty and rights, what does the trial come to symbolize?

4. On Wednesday (15th), the judge recalls the jurors and instructs each side to do what?

5. Darrow tries to find jurors who profess what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Was there any middle ground between the modernists and fundamentalists?

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

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

5. How is Dayton left following the trial?

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

7. Which side is seen as the true winner of the Scopes trial?

8. What does Bryan do the first weekend after jury selection?

9. What transpires within the anti-evolution crusade following the Scopes trial?

10. Why is it important when Darrow ended?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does the media play in the Scopes trial? How does it view the press releases and lectures that the lawyers of both sides offer?

Essay Topic 2

What descriptions and statements does Larson utilize to portray the scene of the trial? What is it the reader easily views, and why?

Essay Topic 3

What moment does Larson describe in the Introduction? What is he seeking to do? What individuals are the readers introduced to? What is the status between them?

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