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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. In which season did Spencer and his brother move after their father died?

2. Where were Meredith and her family from?

3. In a journal at the beginning of Chapter 2, what did Spencer say was a miracle?

4. What condition was treated in the first operation in Chapter 3?

5. In Chapter 3, how many right fingers did a patient have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were two of the doctors who joined Spencer in his program?

2. What was known about the English Yew tree?

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

4. What work did Spencer find in the evenings in 1869?

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

6. What did Spencer begin to research in 1869?

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

8. How did the success of Ward C affect the academy?

9. How did Spencer do with his studies in 1869?

10. When and how did Spencer’s father die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Spencer began researching mutations. What was Spencer’s goal for this research at first? How did his motives change? What was the end result of this research?

Essay Topic 2

Elise was badly burned in Chapter 6. What was her condition? How did Spencer try to help her at first? What unorthodox treatments did he resort to? How did he describe his wife at the end?

Essay Topic 3

Spencer claimed to have found specimens or remains of specimens. Did any of Spencer’s collection survive? When he traveled, did anyone corroborate his finding various specimens? Probably how were the specimens created?

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