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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 10 Distant Echoes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In defending conscientious objectors and war protesters, National Civil Liberties Bureau activists see that what are not the same?
(a) Majority rule, liberty.
(b) Majority rule, freedom of spech.
(c) Majority rule, freedom of religion.
(d) Majority rule, freedom of education.

2. What does Larson say transpires when the chief prosecutor calls for the end of the questioning?
(a) Bryan acquiesces to the chief prosecutor's call.
(b) Darrow objects and states that he is not finished.
(c) Bryan refuses to leave the witness chair.
(d) The judge terminates the questioning.

3. Which man, Darrow or Bryan, eventually backs down from the challenges the Scopes trial presents?
(a) Bryan.
(b) Both.
(c) Neither.
(d) Darrow.

4. Why does Darrow volunteer to defend Scopes beyond believing teachers should be able to instruct evolution?
(a) Feels concern for Scopes.
(b) Seeks freedom of public education.
(c) Wants to debate Bryan.
(d) Needs national publicity.

5. What does John Randolph Neal do while serving as the primary defense at a preliminary hearing on May 9?
(a) Maintains that the text Scopes uses has school approval.
(b) Maintains that Scopes' teaching does not conflict with biblical accounts.
(c) Declines to make a statement.
(d) Readily concedes that Scopes teaches human evolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tennessee newspapers see the trial as what?

2. Under cross-examination, White admits that who officially adopts the text?

3. Defense counters that the prosecution's opening is all a matter of interpretation and what?

4. The anti-evolution crusade revives in the 1920s due partly to high school enrollments at all time highs and what else?

5. The jury deliberates how long before returning with a guilty verdict?

(see the answer key)

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