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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 - Ward C.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Spencer achieve fame and notoriety for his work?
(a) 1912.
(b) Late nineteenth century.
(c) 1884.
(d) Early twentieth century.

2. How old was Spencer when he began helping his father and brother dig up cadavers?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 11
(d) 9.

3. What did Spencer spend much of his time studying?
(a) Anesthesia.
(b) Infectious diseases.
(c) Birth defects.
(d) Tumors.

4. Whose body was the first that Spencer helped dig up?
(a) Jeremiah Rivers Martin.
(b) Jasper Earl Werthy.
(c) David Jonathan Brice.
(d) Peter Wyatt Andrews.

5. How many specialists in human mutations were on Spencer’s team in Chapter 3?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Spencer’s mother die?

2. Who was one of Spencer’s most influential professors?

3. What was the date of the journal entry at the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. Before moving to Philadelphia, how many years of schooling had Bernard completed at the Medical Arts College in Boston?

5. What condition was treated in the first operation in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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