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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Treves say he would like to do with Merrick's life?
(a) Make him the strongest man in the world.
(b) Make him a lot of money.
(c) Make him famous.
(d) Make it as normal as possible.

2. During the interview with Treves, how did the nurse present herself?
(a) As competent and experienced.
(b) As warm and affectionate.
(c) As shy and frightened.
(d) As completely inexperienced.

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

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

5. Merrick states that the model he is working on is a symbol for what, "flying up from the mud"?
(a) Grace.
(b) Depravity.
(c) Depression.
(d) Greed.

6. Which book did Merrick study as a child?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Qur'an.
(c) The Torah.
(d) The Vedas.

7. What is the name of the man who is responsible for The Elephant Man?
(a) Ross.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Randy.
(d) Roy.

8. Which of the following words does Mrs. Kendal use to describe Merrick's insights into life and love?
(a) Delusional.
(b) Misinformed.
(c) Extraordinary.
(d) Brilliant.

9. To what city has Treves relocated at the beginning of the play?
(a) Paris.
(b) Berlin.
(c) London.
(d) Dublin.

10. How much money has Merrick saved since starting work with Ross?
(a) Forty-eight pounds.
(b) Fifty-eight pounds.
(c) Twenty-eight pounds.
(d) Thirty-eight pounds.

11. 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"?
(a) Da Vinci.
(b) Sopphocles.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Pluto.

12. How old was Merrick when his mother was attacked at the circus?
(a) He was an infant.
(b) He was a toddler.
(c) He was a teenager.
(d) He was in utero.

13. What does Treves think is happening to Merrick's physical condition the more he is accepted into normal society?
(a) It is worsening.
(b) It is slowly improving.
(c) Treves has stopped monitoring Merrick's health.
(d) It is staying about the same.

14. Who does Ross have to draw a contract with in order to show Merrick on the streets?
(a) The neighborhood association.
(b) The police.
(c) The schools.
(d) The other traveling acts.

15. Which meal is Merrick being served the first time the nurse comes to meet him?
(a) Tea.
(b) Lunch.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Treves arrives at the police station to pick up Merrick, what does Merrick beg Treves to do?

2. Which of the following Shakespearean plays is Mrs. Kendal performing in during the time she first meets Merrick?

3. Which of the following animals knocked Merrick's mother over while she was visiting a circus?

4. What is Merrick building a model of in his hospital room?

5. What is Merrick attempting to portray in his artistic rendering?

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