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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 - Academy of Medicine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book did Emma Black write that is mentioned in Chapter 1?
(a) A Journey with an American Naturalist.
(b) Pasteurization and Bacteriolgy.
(c) Microorganisms and Bacteria.
(d) A Journey with an American Doctor.

2. What did Dr. Gregory Black teach?
(a) Botany.
(b) Biology.
(c) Physiology.
(d) Anatomy.

3. Where do cicadas hatch from their eggs?
(a) Under a rock.
(b) Tree.
(c) Ground.
(d) Tree trunk.

4. When did Spencer announce that he wanted to become a medical doctor?
(a) When he was 19.
(b) When he was 21.
(c) Shortly after his father’s death.
(d) After finishing high school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, from where did the dead insects come from that Spencer illustrated?

2. What was the name of the woman in the household where Spencer and his brother lived after their father died?

3. When did Dr. Gregory Black die?

4. For what researcher did Spencer work on and off for many years, illustrating hundreds of specimens?

5. What did Spencer spend much of his time studying?

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