Pop Quiz 2.

• Position: Quiz on evolution and creationism - Brief Article

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...