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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the last year that Spencer worked at Ward C?
(a) 1878.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1877.

2. What was Elise’s last name?
(a) Price.
(b) Charleux.
(c) Anadante.
(d) Chardelle.

3. Who was Bernard working for in Chapter 3?
(a) New York Society of Science.
(b) Metropolitan Museum.
(c) Philadelphia General Hospital.
(d) National Museum of Natural History.

4. What killed Dr. Gregory Black?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Heart attack.

5. In what month at the beginning of Chapter 3, did Spencer state that he was working tirelessly without results?
(a) January.
(b) February.
(c) March.
(d) April.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long have some English Yew lived?

2. In what year were the journal entries written at the end of Chapter 2?

3. Where was Spencer born?

4. In Chapter 2, where did Spencer view an exhibit that influenced him greatly?

5. What was the name of the poem Spencer wrote about his first grave robbing experience?

Short Essay Questions

1. By the end of Spencer’s second year at the academy, to what was he devoting his time?

2. What was known about the English Yew tree?

3. What was the first operation performed in Ward C?

4. How did Spencer’s personality change in 1876?

5. How did Spencer do with his studies in 1869?

6. When and how did Spencer’s father die?

7. What other operation was mentioned in Chapter 3?

8. What work did Spencer find in the evenings in 1869?

9. How did Dr. Gregory Black obtain bodies for his medical students?

10. Who were two of the doctors who joined Spencer in his program?

(see the answer keys)

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