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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the man who is responsible for The Elephant Man?
(a) Randy.
(b) Roy.
(c) Ross.
(d) Ralph.

2. What is Treves' subject of choice in the hospital?
(a) Anatomy.
(b) Physiology.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Orthopedics.

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

4. How long will Merrick be allowed to stay in the hospital with Treves?
(a) For one week only.
(b) As long as he likes.
(c) For nearly a year.
(d) For a few months, until funds run out.

5. Which of the following adjectives best describes Merrick's compliments to Mrs. Kendal?
(a) Awkward.
(b) Inappropriate.
(c) Suave.
(d) Misinformed.

6. To what ward of the hospital does Merrick request to be moved to during his stay?
(a) The comatose unit.
(b) The amputee unit.
(c) The blind unit.
(d) The deaf unit.

7. With whom does Treves think it is important for Merrick to form relationships?
(a) Women.
(b) Animals.
(c) Children.
(d) Plants.

8. What is the name of the Prince of Wales' seat at the theater?
(a) The Royal Box.
(b) The King's Box.
(c) The Golden Box.
(d) The Guilded Box.

9. Who does Merrick consider his best friend, and the one visitor whose time he most appreciates?
(a) The Prince of Wales.
(b) Mrs. Kendal.
(c) Treves.
(d) Gomm.

10. Merrick states that the model he is working on is a symbol for what, "flying up from the mud"?
(a) Grace.
(b) Depression.
(c) Greed.
(d) Depravity.

11. Where was Merrick abandoned as a child?
(a) In a supermarket.
(b) On a church doorstep.
(c) In an orphanage.
(d) On the side of the road.

12. Which word does Merrick repeat over and over on the train ride back to London?
(a) "Happy".
(b) "Loved".
(c) "Robbed".
(d) "Sad".

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

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

15. Which of the following adjectives does Mrs. Kendal use to describe how she imagines Merrick?
(a) Artistic.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Brilliant.
(d) Sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the porter treated by Gomm after visiting Merrick's room?

2. When Treves arrives at the police station to pick up Merrick, what does Merrick beg Treves to do?

3. What does the Prince of Wales admire most in Treves?

4. 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"?

5. At which theatrical theater does the Prince of Wales own his own boxed seat?

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