The Elephant Man Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Bernard Pomerance
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 140 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Elephant Man Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Bernard Pomerance
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 140 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Treves and Merrick are talking, why does the porter enter Merrick's room?
(a) To change Merrick's bedsheets.
(b) To look at Merrick's deformities.
(c) To sew Merrick some new clothes.
(d) To take Merrick's dinner order.

2. How does Merrick react when he sees fellow freak-show performers being abused by their managers?
(a) He attacks the abuser.
(b) He ignores the abuse.
(c) He attempts to comfort the victims.
(d) He weeps silently to himself.

3. After Merrick is handed over to the police, what do they search his belongings for?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Illegal substances.
(c) Stolen money.
(d) His ID.

4. Why does Merrick claim to have left London?
(a) To get an education.
(b) To make more money.
(c) To leave the "freak-show" business.
(d) To find a wife.

5. What job has Treves come to fill at the hospital?
(a) Lecturer.
(b) Surgeon.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Psychiatrist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following adjectives best describes Merrick's compliments to Mrs. Kendal?

2. What does the caller state is the only thing more painful to The Elephant Man than his physical deformities?

3. Which of the following philosophers said that the world "is an illusion and the work of an artist is simply an illusion of an illusion"?

4. Which of the following adjectives does Mrs. Kendal use to describe the perspective from the Prince of Wales' private theater seats?

5. How does Treves react to Mrs. Kendal's probing questions about Merrick's anatomy?

(see the answer key)

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