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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes 6, 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job has Treves come to fill at the hospital?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Lecturer.
(c) Surgeon.
(d) Psychiatrist.

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

3. How many policemen arrive in the streets and begin beating Ross and Merrick?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

4. As the police are searching his belongings, what word does Merrick croak over and over?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Hell.
(c) God.
(d) Heaven.

5. Where does Treves first meet the Elephant Man?
(a) In the hospital.
(b) At a carnival.
(c) At a freak show.
(d) Clowning in a circus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ross take Merrick to work after leaving London?

2. After exiting the train, who hands Merrick over to the police officers?

3. What does Treves tell Merrick is the one thing that will make him happy during his stay in the hospital?

4. Which of the following best describes Treves' voice as he describes the Elephant Man to the audience during a lecture?

5. After the police beating, what does Ross tell Merrick that he "stinks of"?

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