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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What maddens Merrick about some married men?
(a) The fact that some are alcoholics.
(b) The fact that some beat their wives.
(c) The fact that some are stingy with their money.
(d) The fact that some men also take mistresses.

2. What name does Ross give two handicapped women whose heads rise to points?
(a) Coneheads.
(b) Football-heads.
(c) Eggheads.
(d) Pinheads.

3. Why does everyone find Merrick's artwork so amazing?
(a) Because he cannot stand up straight to work.
(b) Because he is almost blind.
(c) Because he has no real reference to the outside world.
(d) Because he completes it with only one hand.

4. Which of the following words does Mrs. Kendal use to describe Merrick's insights into life and love?
(a) Brilliant.
(b) Extraordinary.
(c) Misinformed.
(d) Delusional.

5. How does Mrs. Kendal respond when Merrick asks if she will remain his friend even after his money has been stolen?
(a) She says that she can no longer be friends with him.
(b) She gives him no direct answer.
(c) She says that money is no issue to their friendship.
(d) She says that she will have to think about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Merrick building a model of in his hospital room?

2. What advice does the Bishop give to Merrick in his hopes of finding a woman?

3. After riding on the train, what other mode of transportation does Merrick take back to London?

4. When Treves brushes past Mrs. Kendal in the hospital, which of the following finishes his sentence, "This is a hospital, not a ___________"?

5. Which character intercedes with Lord John, telling him to stop begging for money?

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