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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Merrick consider his best friend, and the one visitor whose time he most appreciates?

2. What does Treves tell Merrick is the one thing that will make him happy during his stay in the hospital?

3. How does the caller treat The Elephant Man when calling him out of his tent?

4. After the police beating, what does Ross tell Merrick that he "stinks of"?

5. Which of the following best describes Treves' voice as he describes the Elephant Man to the audience during a lecture?

Short Essay Questions

1. During his analysis of Treves' body, what realization does Merrick make about Treves' head?

2. What argument about faith do the BIshop and Gomm get into over Merrick's medical treatment?

3. How does Gomm greet the new hire, Treves?

4. How does Gomm react to the news that Lord John has stolen from Merrick?

5. During his analysis of Treves' body, what notes does Merrick make about Treves' left hand?

6. How are the pinheads involved in Merrick's death?

7. During Ross and Merrick's argument about returning to work together, how do the two men taunt each other?

8. During their argument about Heaven, what reasons does Treves give Merrick for sending Mrs. Kendal away?

9. During the dream, what does Gomm say about Treves that echoes back to his statements about Treves in the opening of the play?

10. Which high society members come to visit with Merrick during the height of his popularity, what types of gifts do they leave for him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The medical community in London has varying views on John Merrick and his condition. Choose two characters who provide opposite beliefs about John Merrick's condition and describe each side of their argument. How does the medical debate over John Merrick's condition culminate in the climax of the play?

Essay Topic 2

Merrick's death has particular significance in that the pinheads were involved in it. Explain how the pinheads urged Merrick to his death and what the symbolic importance of the pinheads' involvement in the death is.

Essay Topic 3

Dreams play an important role in creating themes throughout the novel. Choose two dreams that appeared in the play and describe what happened in each of them. Then, explain what each dream meant to the character who had them, and how the dream worked to create a theme in the play as a whole.

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