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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3 In Defense of Individual Liberty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bryan is caught between arguing for a literal interpretation of the Bible and accommodating facts about what?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Geology, the solar system.
(c) Geology, biology.
(d) Biology, the solar system.

2. After 1923, anti-evolutionists begin focusing on which state for legal action?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Georgia.

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

4. What is it that Larson shows that helps put the ACLU into a position to test the Tennessee law and defend Scopes?
(a) That law holds a criminal penalty.
(b) Darrow agrees to defend.
(c) Locating a willing teacher.
(d) Its origins.

5. The ACLU defends teachers fired for opposing World War I and fights school systems over what mandatory exercises?
(a) Religious.
(b) Physical.
(c) Patriotic.
(d) Bible reading.

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. What does Larson say transpires when the chief prosecutor calls for the end of the questioning?

3. By 1925, the ACLU still seeks a court win, mainly as the first amendment's wording does not necessarily protect freedom of speech at what level?

4. Because of the shape and size of the Piltdown skull, scientists at that time believe it is a what?

5. The ACLU sees Tennessee's law against teaching evolution as part of a systematic "assault" on personal liberty, starting with limitations when?

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