View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the poem Spencer wrote about his first grave robbing experience?
(a) In the Dark.
(b) Grave Robber.
(c) A Dreadful Sight.
(d) Resurrectionist.

2. In Chapter 3, what controversial paper did Spencer publish?
(a) Humans and Evolution.
(b) Humans and Mutations.
(c) Mutations or Myth.
(d) The Perfect Human.

3. What ideas of Spencer’s began to separate him from the rest of the scientific community?
(a) Surgical practices.
(b) Methods for medical education.
(c) Nature of science.
(d) Evolution.

4. What was the name of the man in the household where Spencer and his brother lived after their father died?
(a) Jeremiah.
(b) Nehemiah.
(c) Zachariah.
(d) Isaiah.

5. Who was the physician renowned for his work on embryonic research and conjoined twins who also participated in Spencer’s program?
(a) Martin S. Laird.
(b) Joab A. Holace.
(c) Isaiah D. Williams.
(d) David J. Breiten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did Emma Black write that is mentioned in Chapter 1?

2. How many surgeons worked in Spencer’s program in Chapter 3?

3. When was Bernard Black born?

4. When did Elise give birth to her third child?

5. How long have some English Yew lived?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the first unsuccessful surgery at Ward C?

2. Who were Spencer’s parents?

3. In Chapter 3, what was Bernard doing?

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

5. What did Spencer begin to research in 1869?

6. How did the success of Ward C affect the academy?

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

8. During this time in America and around the world, what changes were occurring in medicine?

9. How did Spencer seem to feel about the birth of his third child?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 646 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample