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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 - Fawn Child.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what is the date of the first journal entry at the end of the chapter?
(a) March 13.
(b) September 18.
(c) November 22.
(d) April 24.

2. What condition was treated in the first operation in Chapter 3?
(a) Achondroplasia.
(b) Pendred syndrome.
(c) Cleft palate.
(d) Ectrodactyly.

3. Before moving to Philadelphia, how many years of schooling had Bernard completed at the Medical Arts College in Boston?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

4. How were performers in carnival sideshows often treated?
(a) With ridicule and humiliation.
(b) Like sub humans.
(c) Like cattle.
(d) With great respect.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Dr. Gregory Black teach?

2. For what researcher did Spencer work on and off for many years, illustrating hundreds of specimens?

3. What was Spencer’s reputation in Chapter 3?

4. How did Spencer describe the compulsion he had to work on the fawn-child?

5. What changed Spencer’s career and aspirations in Chapter 5?

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