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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where did the legendary Pegasus ascend?
(a) Hades.
(b) Atlantis.
(c) Alfheim.
(d) Mount Olympus.
2. When did Spencer draw the fawn-child?
(a) 18880.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1878.
(d) 1877.
3. Where did Spencer take his show at the beginning of the twentieth century?
(a) Mexico.
(b) West coast.
(c) Overseas.
(d) Canada.
4. How long after the publication of Gray’s Anatomy was Spencer’s Codex published?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 25 years.
5. What was the monster-baby that Spencer saw at a carnival in Chapter 5?
(a) Camel fetus.
(b) Pig fetus.
(c) Whale fetus.
(d) Jelly fish.
6. How did Victor die?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Typhoid fever.
(c) Polio.
(d) Measles.
7. In what year did Spencer write about the satyr in his journal?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1904.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1906.
8. In Chapter 6, where was the lizard-woman from?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Cleveland.
9. Where did Spencer dissect the fawn-child?
(a) Ward C.
(b) His attic.
(c) Lab at the academy.
(d) His basement.
10. What seasons was the carnival open?
(a) Spring, summer, and fall.
(b) All year around.
(c) Spring and summer.
(d) Summer and fall.
11. How many heads did the chimaera have?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.
12. What happened to those who could not answer the riddle of a sphinx?
(a) Horrible skin condition.
(b) Death.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Loss of first-born child.
13. What years of Spencer’s life were covered in Chapter 6?
(a) 1880-1900.
(b) 1890-1900.
(c) 1885-1895.
(d) 1879-1887.
14. In Chapter 5, how does Spencer say that Alphonse is growing?
(a) Like a baby calf.
(b) Plant in spring.
(c) Like a puppy.
(d) Like a weed.
15. How were performers in carnival sideshows often treated?
(a) Like cattle.
(b) Like sub humans.
(c) With great respect.
(d) With ridicule and humiliation.
Short Answer Questions
1. On what continent did the sphinx derive according to the Codex?
2. How many limbs did Spencer believe some minotaurs might have had?
3. In Chapter 6, what was the name of the person who said that Spencer’s show was indecent and blasphemous?
4. To what class did Spencer assign the sphinx?
5. When was it not uncommon to believe in sirens or mermaids?
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