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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What new medical advance is Treves obsessed with gaining an edge on?
(a) Organ donation.
(b) Anesthetic.
(c) Skin graphs.
(d) Brain surgery.

2. What emotion does Merrick attribute to Treves' left hand and the way it covers his body?
(a) Hope.
(b) Fear.
(c) Control.
(d) Aggression.

3. What does Treves bitterly state might happen to Merrick while he is in his meeting with the Bishop?
(a) His body might die.
(b) His heart might give out.
(c) His attitude might change.
(d) His soul might pass over.

4. 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 money is no issue to their friendship.
(b) She says that she will have to think about it.
(c) She gives him no direct answer.
(d) She says that she can no longer be friends with him.

5. How much money has Merrick saved since starting work with Ross?
(a) Forty-eight pounds.
(b) Fifty-eight pounds.
(c) Thirty-eight pounds.
(d) Twenty-eight pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man who is responsible for The Elephant Man?

2. During his analysis of Treves, what does Merrick decide Treves is completely unable to feel?

3. Which of the following best describes Treves' first conversation with Mrs. Kendal?

4. What are the pinheads doing when they arrive to Merrick's bedside before he dies?

5. 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"?

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