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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. Other writers follow Allen's unintentional reconstructions and view the trial as the last stand of what?

2. Why is Darrow's rebuttal critical when the prosecution argues that the majority should be able to decide what is taught?

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

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

5. Jurors leave the courtroom again, and both sides argue admissibility of expert testimony on evolution for how long?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do fundamentalists approach modernists and evolutionists to debate?

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

4. Why is it important when Darrow ended?

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

6. How does Davenport prepare for the trial?

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

8. What Scopes legend arose from 1931-1960?

9. How is Dayton left following the trial?

10. Why does the prosecution object to Darrow questioning Metcalf?

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

How is the development of a powerful anti-evolution movement, as well as discovery of additional fossils and evidence for evolution necessary for the Scopes trial as it takes place?

Essay Topic 3

At the beginning, how do the members of the Dayton group handle decision-making in challenging the Tennessee law? What did they seek to accomplish? How does this change subsequent to Darrow and Bryan coming into the picture?

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