View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Merrick react to Mrs. Kendal's list of women who may be interested in seeing him?
(a) He divides the list into two groups - the ones he would like to see and the ones he is not interested in.
(b) He is embarrassed at the suggestion.
(c) He rejects all of them.
(d) He decides to meet them all, one by one.

2. What is Treves' subject of choice in the hospital?
(a) Physiology.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Anatomy.
(d) Orthopedics.

3. During his analysis of Treves, what does Merrick decide Treves is completely unable to reach in his relationships with other people?
(a) Comfort.
(b) Harmony.
(c) Equality.
(d) Happiness.

4. How many policemen arrive in the streets and begin beating Ross and Merrick?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

5. What is Merrick building a model of in his hospital room?
(a) A model airplane.
(b) A model car.
(c) A model castle.
(d) A model church.

Short Answer Questions

1. After leaving Ross, how is Merrick treated by the fellow passengers on his train ride back to London?

2. After exiting the train, who hands Merrick over to the police officers?

3. Which of the following adjectives does Mrs. Kendal use to describe how she imagines Merrick?

4. What does Merrick find most envious about married men?

5. What does the caller state is the only thing more painful to The Elephant Man than his physical deformities?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 299 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample