Lecture 6 Quiz 1 William Jennings Bryan was:the loser in the Scopes trial.a former Secretary of State who also won the Scopes trial. someone that H.L. Mencken greatly admired.someone who criticized evolution because he couldn’t understand it.2 The Hollywood version of the Scopes trial was:factually accurate.sympathetic to southern Christians.based on actual court transcripts.riddled with liberal distortions and errors.3 When Darrow mocked Bryan with the question, “Where have you lived all your life?”, Bryan responded:“Not near you.” (Laughter and applause in audience.) “I don’t know.”“You’ve got me this time.”None of the above.4 To the evolutionist argument that teaching it is not harmful to society, Bryan replied by:giving into evolutionary logic.asking for more time to study the question.quoting Darrow’s claim that Nietzche’s atheist philosophy did incite a murder.remaining silent.5 The most obvious reason for Gore losing Tennessee is:Presidential candidates often lose their home state.he failed to establish a campaign office there.he did poorly in the debates.Tennesseeans are free to decide for themselves about evolution – and politics.
