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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. How many universities did Spencer approach asking them to publish his paper on the fawn-child?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

2. How did Spencer describe the compulsion he had to work on the fawn-child?
(a) Determined.
(b) Disgusting.
(c) Absolute.
(d) Nauseating.

3. What did Spencer do with the fawn-child’s organs?
(a) Put them in jars of noxious liquid.
(b) Performed experiments on them.
(c) Pickled and preserved them.
(d) Threw them in the garbage.

4. Where did Dr. Joab A. Holace believe that Spencer’s paper about the fawn-child should have been published?
(a) Penny dreadful.
(b) Novel.
(c) Scientific journal.
(d) Newspaper.

5. Where did the legendary Pegasus ascend?
(a) Mount Olympus.
(b) Hades.
(c) Atlantis.
(d) Alfheim.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Spencer disappear?

2. How many different species are listed in the Codex?

3. In 1900, what did Spencer do for a man whose legs had been amputated?

4. What did Spencer call the harpy-like creature he created in Chapter 6?

5. How long did Spencer perform at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the writing in the Codex described?

2. What was the sphinx like?

3. What happened in Budapest in 1901?

4. What was the first creature that Spencer created for his show?

5. Why did Spencer have to leave the World’s Columbian Exposition early?

6. Was Spencer able to provide financially for his family by touring with the carnival?

7. How did Spencer treat Miriam Helmer?

8. What observations did Spencer record from his dissection of the fawn-child?

9. In Chapter 5, how did Spencer describe Alphonse’s growth?

10. Who were some of the performers in the Human Renaissance show?

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