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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 8 The End of an Era.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most national politicians publicly choose what position on the trial?
(a) Straddle the fence.
(b) Modernist.
(c) Fundamentalist.
(d) Their personal view.

2. How soon does Bryan die after the trial ends?
(a) Less than 2 weeks.
(b) Less than 1 months.
(c) Less than 2 months.
(d) Less than 1 week.

3. Anti-evolutionists gain a political and legal issue when a group in which state calls for a law against teaching evolution?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Florida.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Tennessee.

4. The person who has been debating Bryan over the years increases his efforts to show what as the trial nears?
(a) Evolution's compatibility with Christianity.
(b) Evolution's incompatibility with Christianity.
(c) Bryan's position on evolution is mythical.
(d) Evolution is proven as shown in school texts.

5. The nation's press quickly turns from the trial to what?
(a) Fundamentalist demonstrations.
(b) Scopes' appeals.
(c) Other topics.
(d) Significance it has.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bryan hears of the proposal to ban teaching evolution, and as he supports the idea in talks and writing, he does what else?

2. Who has already been debating with Bryan for years over the teaching of evolution?

3. After 1923, anti-evolutionists begin focusing on which state for legal action?

4. Scopes leaves following the verdict to study where?

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

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