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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the police get a hold of Treves' contact information?
(a) John Merrick tells them his phone number.
(b) From his business card.
(c) One of the police officers knows Treves' father.
(d) They look him up in the directory.

2. Which of the following philosophers said that the world "is an illusion and the work of an artist is simply an illusion of an illusion"?
(a) Da Vinci.
(b) Sopphocles.
(c) Pluto.
(d) Aristotle.

3. Who keeps track of all the gifts Merrick receives from his admirers?
(a) Merrick.
(b) Gomm.
(c) Mrs. Kendal.
(d) Treves.

4. What does Treves think is happening to Merrick's physical condition the more he is accepted into normal society?
(a) Treves has stopped monitoring Merrick's health.
(b) It is worsening.
(c) It is staying about the same.
(d) It is slowly improving.

5. How does Merrick describe his mother to Mrs. Kendal?
(a) As afraid.
(b) As angry.
(c) As intelligent.
(d) As beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What art form is Merrick working on when Mrs. Kennedy arrives at his home for the first time?

4. Which of the Elephant Man's features is described as being "perfectly formed"?

5. What is Treves' subject of choice in the hospital?

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