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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. Where did Spencer’s notes suggest that Elise came from?

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

3. What was the name of the poem Spencer wrote about his first grave robbing experience?

4. Whose body was the first that Spencer helped dig up?

5. How long was the courtship between Spencer and Elise?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was known about the English Yew tree?

2. What did Spencer begin to research in 1869?

3. What is the life cycle of the cicada?

4. Who were Spencer’s parents?

5. Where did Spencer and his brother go to live after their father died?

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

7. What death did Spencer experience in the fall of 1874?

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

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

10. How successful was Ward C?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Spencer began a special surgical program in Chapter 3. What was the purpose of the program? What types of conditions were helped? Why did Spencer abandon this program?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 4, Spencer married Elise Chardelle. What type of life did Elise have during the first years of her marriage? Why did she and the family have to join a carnival? How did Elise’s opinion change about her husband?

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