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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Merrick read in the bible that makes him excited to die?
(a) That the blind will be made to see.
(b) That God will make the crooked straight.
(c) That the meek will inherit the earth.
(d) That the poor shall become the rich.

2. Where does Ross take Merrick to work after leaving London?
(a) Budapest.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Borneo.
(d) Brazil.

3. How do Ross and Merrick part ways for the final time?
(a) Ross is jailed for abusing Merrick.
(b) Merrick decides to quit the freak show business.
(c) Ross and Merrick part ways amicably.
(d) Ross abandons Merrick in the streets.

4. When Merrick was a child, from where did Ross rescue him?
(a) From an abusive mother.
(b) From a wild river.
(c) From a burning house.
(d) From an orphanage.

5. What is the name of Treves' supervisor at the hospital?
(a) Gomm.
(b) Gary.
(c) Grimm.
(d) Grop.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Lord John return, begging for more money?

2. Which of the following does Treves NOT accuse the caller of using to alter The Elephant Man's appearance?

3. What is the name of the nurse who Treves interviews to care for Merrick?

4. What is Treves reading when Merrick comes to speak with him about death?

5. Which of the following philosophers said that the world "is an illusion and the work of an artist is simply an illusion of an illusion"?

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