21. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 21: The Scopes “Monkey Trial”

**Quiz for Document 21.2: Clarence Darrow, Trial Speech (July 13, 1925)**

Quiz for Document 21.2: Clarence Darrow, Trial Speech (July 13, 1925)

Document 21.2: Clarence Darrow, Trial Speech (July 13, 1925)

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Question 21.4

1. In this excerpt from his speech, Clarence Darrow argues that teaching about human origins using a fundamentalist approach to the Bible is ill-advised because

the U.S. Constitution requires the separation of church and state.

its text contains different and contradictory answers to the question.

not all teachers and students in Tennessee were Christians.

the book had been translated so many times that no one knew what it said originally.

Question 21.5

2. According to Clarence Darrow, the problem with the Butler Act is that it forbids teaching anything that conflicts with the Bible. Why is this legally untenable, in his view?

There is no agreement even among Christians about what the Bible says and means.

The state cannot put an enforcer in every classroom to ensure that teachers comply.

Most American teachers were knowledgeable about their subjects but not about the Bible.

It is unconstitutional to require that public school teachers use the Bible in class.

Question 21.6

3. In his role as John Scopes’s lawyer, Clarence Darrow was defending which of the following concepts?

Atheism

The idea that humans descended from apes

States’ rights

Freedom of speech

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