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

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

3. Which character arrives, saying there is news about Lord John in the newspapers?
(a) Fredrick Treves.
(b) Merrick.
(c) Mrs. Kendal.
(d) Walsham How.

4. Why does Merrick claim to have left London?
(a) To get an education.
(b) To leave the "freak-show" business.
(c) To make more money.
(d) To find a wife.

5. How do Ross and Merrick part ways for the final time?
(a) Ross is jailed for abusing Merrick.
(b) Ross abandons Merrick in the streets.
(c) Merrick decides to quit the freak show business.
(d) Ross and Merrick part ways amicably.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Merrick's body is Mrs.Kendal most interested in?

2. To what ward of the hospital does Merrick request to be moved to during his stay?

3. Where was Merrick abandoned as a child?

4. How does Merrick react to Mrs. Kendal's list of women who may be interested in seeing him?

5. How does Treves react when he sees Mrs. Kendal nude in Merrick's room?

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