Pop Quiz 2.

Use with National, pages 16-19

CHOOSE ONE: On the line to the left of each item, write the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

--   1. Which term best describes the Kansas State Board of
     Education's decision on evolution? (a) outlaw teaching it;
     (b) allow limited teaching; (c) enact a one-year pause in
     teaching; (d) delete mention of it in the curriculum and
     standardized tests.

--   2. Creationists believe that animals and humans are
     (a) only distantly related; (b) distinct creations of God;
     (c) destined to eventually merge into a new species;
     (d) equally capable of divine salvation.

--   3. One problem for schools is that teaching creationism
     would violate the (a) unification of church and state;
     (b) beliefs of Mormons; (c) doctrine of the separation of
     church and state; (d) religious beliefs of many teachers.

--   4. The theory of evolution was postulated by British
     naturalist (a) Henry Marcus Beagle; (b) Charles Robert
     Darwin; (c) Sir Alexander Fleming; (d) Thomas Huxley.

--   5. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that public schools
     (a) could not compel the teaching of creationism; (b) had
     to obtain parents' permission to teach creationism;
     (c) had to teach evolution; (d) had to teach both creationism
     and evolution.

--   6. Creationists contend that life could not have evolved
     by chance because (a) no religion accepts this explanation;
     (b) that is a mathematical impossibility; (c) it is so
     intricate and complex; (d) b and c.

--   7. Which of the following would evolutionists throw out as
     not belonging to the group? (a) Utah Man; (b) Peking Man;
     (c) Java Man; (d) Cro-Magnon.

--   8. A scientific theory is (a) an educated guess by leading
     biologists; (b) mathematical certainty; (c) an idea about
     nature based on a large body of established fact; (d) a mix
     of religious belief and laboratory analysis.

--   9. About how many years ago do evolutionists believe modern
     humans evolved? (a) 20 million; (b) 6 million; (c) 4 million;
     (d) fewer than 1 million.

--   10. Evolutionists believe that the primary mechanism
     producing evolution is (a) natural selection;
     (b) expansionism; (c) chain growth; (d) redistribution.

1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (c) 7. (a) 8. (c) 9. (d) 10. (a)