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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. The state supreme court says the anti-evolution law only applies to employees in official roles and does not violate what?

2. Sunday afternoon (12th), Bryan gives a speech outside the court, but he cannot speak about what issue there?

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

4. The judge adjourns until Tuesday afternoon (14th), as a storm the night before affects what that prevents him from preparing a ruling?

5. Darrow is what for contempt due to comments he makes the previous Friday; charges the judge dismisses when he apologizes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What, essentially, do the prosecution and the defense offer when the judge instructs them to make their opening statements?

2. Why is it important which witness the defense opens with?

3. Why is it important when Darrow ended?

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

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

6. What are the primary positions of the defense and the prosecution?

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

8. What is the issue over the morning prayer at the trial?

9. Henry Fairfield Osborn approaches the trial in what fashion?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What reasons seem to make Dayton an unlikely selection for the trial to take place? What aspects would seem more likely of a town where Scopes' trial would transpire?

Essay Topic 2

What is the Piltdown skull? What is its significance? What leads scientists to believe it was hominoid? What was unique about the jaw? What was Arthur Smith Woodward's connection to the skull and his importance? Why is it the larger American begins to take notice?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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