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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 - Ward C.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What insect did Spencer regularly sketch and mention in his journals and letters?
(a) Grasshopper.
(b) Praying Mantis.
(c) Ant.
(d) Cicada.

2. How many years did it take curators of Philadelphia’s Museum of Medical Antiquities to collect Spencer’s papers?
(a) 15.
(b) 50.
(c) 10.
(d) 25.

3. How old was Spencer when his father died?
(a) 19.
(b) 17.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

4. How many surgeons worked in Spencer’s program in Chapter 3?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. How old was Spencer when he began helping his father and brother dig up cadavers?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 11
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Spencer believe scientific evidence was derived?

2. When did Spencer begin keeping a journal?

3. What year in Spencer’s life does Chapter 3 cover?

4. What did Dr. Gregory Black teach?

5. In Chapter 3, who strongly disagreed with claims Spencer made in the first paper he published in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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