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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long can the English Yew live?
(a) 2,000 years.
(b) 4,000 years.
(c) 175 years.
(d) 250 years.

2. What was Alphonse’s birth date?
(a) March 1.
(b) March 16.
(c) April 30.
(d) April 17.

3. Who was one of Spencer’s most influential professors?
(a) Joseph Warren Denkel.
(b) Robert Wyatt Williams.
(c) Peter David Andrews.
(d) Bernard Philip Vandervere.

4. When was the first operation performed in Chapter 3?
(a) July 9.
(b) May 18.
(c) June 3.
(d) April 24.

5. In Chapter 2, from where did the dead insects come from that Spencer illustrated?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Europe.
(c) Malaysian Islands.
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Spencer in Chapter 3?

2. What color is the resin from the Myrrh tree?

3. In Chapter 3, what condition did the second surgical patient suffer from?

4. When did Spencer and Elise have their first child?

5. Who oversaw Spencer’s program?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Spencer’s personality change in 1876?

2. What was the first unsuccessful surgery at Ward C?

3. What did Spencer begin to research in 1869?

4. What is the life cycle of the cicada?

5. What was a nightmare that Spencer wrote about in his journal in Chapter 4?

6. Who did Spencer marry and how did they meet?

7. What was known about the English Yew tree?

8. What special program did Spencer begin in Chapter 3?

9. At the time Spencer and Bernard moved to Philadelphia, how much of a medical education had each completed?

10. How did Spencer seem to feel about the birth of his third child?

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