Overview Quiz

1. What shift in the source of opposition does Morris describe over his years with ICR? *

A. From scientists to pastors and seminary professors

B. From pastors to scientists

C. From the public to the government

D. From other countries to the United States

2. What point does Morris make with the example of the mimic octopus? *

A. That it proves natural selection works

B. That its precise, designed mimicry cannot be explained by chance

C. That octopuses are simple creatures

D. That it is unrelated to the creation debate

3. Why does Morris say deep time is essential to evolution? *

A. Because it can be directly tested in a laboratory

B. Because the Bible teaches it

C. Because vast, untestable spans make evolution sound plausible

D. Because it shortens the age of the earth

4. How does Morris connect the age question to the gospel? *

A. He says the age of the earth has no gospel implications

B. He says evolution treats death as good, while Scripture calls it a judgment, so salvation depends on which is true

C. He says the gospel requires an old earth

D. He says death is unrelated to sin

5. According to Morris, what does the water-into-wine miracle demonstrate? *

A. That Jesus was only a prophet

B. That miracles cannot involve matter

C. That Jesus the Creator instantly created new matter by His word

D. That the wine was ordinary grape juice

6. What does Morris say most of the fossil record actually consists of? *

A. Dinosaurs and large land animals

B. Marine invertebrates such as clams, starfish, and jellyfish

C. Human remains

D. Birds and flying reptiles

7. Why does Morris point to creatures fossilized in distressed positions or in mid-birth? *

A. To argue they were buried rapidly rather than slowly over millions of years

B. To argue that fossils are fakes

C. To show that evolution is confirmed

D. To prove that animals felt no pain

8. What is Morris's central claim about radiometric dating of Grand Canyon rock? *

A. That the methods always agree precisely

B. That sedimentary rock gives the most reliable dates

C. That dating cannot be performed at all

D. That the same rock gave widely different ages depending on the method used

9. What theological argument does Morris give from the holiness of God? *

A. That God cannot lie, so He cannot embed deception in the created record

B. That God's holiness is unrelated to creation

C. That God experiments and revises His work

D. That God hides the truth from believers

10. How does Morris say both creation and evolution ultimately rest on faith? *

A. Because both can be fully tested by repeating the past

B. Because neither view makes any truth claims

C. Because no one can return to test the distant past, so each begins with a presupposition

D. Because science has proven evolution beyond doubt