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Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
In what year did the Monkey Trial take place?
1920
1923
1925
1927
What was the name of the law that made it illegal to teach evolution in public schools?
Adam
Butler
Robinson
Rappleyea
The Monkey Trial took place in which state?
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
The name of the man who stood trial for teaching evolution was:
Scrapes
Scopes
Stevens
Scooby
Whose voice was so powerful that it could be heard 1/4 mile away without any amplification?
Darrow
Bryan
Scopes
Robinson
Which group placed an ad in the paper, encouraging someone to challenge the anti-evolution law?
ACLU
PETA
NASA
CDC
The initial verdict in the trial was that the defendant was:
not guilty by reason of insanity
not guilty
guilty
no verdict--mistrial
The Monkey Trial was:
a set-up
a battle between fundamentalism and freedom of thought
a much-needed source of income for the town
ultimately a strain on Bryan, who passed away shortly after its conclusion
all of the above
Someone who believes that the existence of God and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable is:
an atheist
an agnostic
a fundamentalist
a heathen
To have nerve or to be bold:
zeal
sanctity
audacity
animosity
When Scopes appealed the court's initial ruling, what was the outcome?
He was ordered to pay $100 fine
He was banned from teaching
The ruling was overturned and the Butler law became purely symbolic
He was jailed for 6 months
