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Inherit Intro

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what year did the Monkey Trial take place?

a)

1920

b)

1923

c)

1925

d)

1927

2.

What was the name of the law that made it illegal to teach evolution in public schools?

a)

Adam

b)

Butler

c)

Robinson

d)

Rappleyea

3.

The Monkey Trial took place in which state?

a)

Georgia

b)

South Carolina

c)

Virginia

d)

Tennessee

4.

The name of the man who stood trial for teaching evolution was:

a)

Scrapes

b)

Scopes

c)

Stevens

d)

Scooby

5.

Whose voice was so powerful that it could be heard 1/4 mile away without any amplification?

a)

Darrow

b)

Bryan

c)

Scopes

d)

Robinson

6.

Which group placed an ad in the paper, encouraging someone to challenge the anti-evolution law?

a)

ACLU

b)

PETA

c)

NASA

d)

CDC

7.

The initial verdict in the trial was that the defendant was:

a)

not guilty by reason of insanity

b)

not guilty

c)

guilty

d)

no verdict--mistrial

8.

The Monkey Trial was:

a)

a set-up

b)

a battle between fundamentalism and freedom of thought

c)

a much-needed source of income for the town

d)

ultimately a strain on Bryan, who passed away shortly after its conclusion

e)

all of the above

9.

Someone who believes that the existence of God and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable is:

a)

an atheist

b)

an agnostic

c)

a fundamentalist

d)

a heathen

10.

To have nerve or to be bold:

a)

zeal

b)

sanctity

c)

audacity

d)

animosity

11.

When Scopes appealed the court's initial ruling, what was the outcome?

a)

He was ordered to pay $100 fine

b)

He was banned from teaching

c)

The ruling was overturned and the Butler law became purely symbolic

d)

He was jailed for 6 months