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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who shouts from the audience, interrupting Treves' lecture about the Elephant Man's deformities?
(a) An off-stage voice.
(b) A woman in the front row.
(c) Treves' assistant.
(d) John Merrick.

2. Where does Ross take Merrick to work after leaving London?
(a) Belgium.
(b) Borneo.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Budapest.

3. What does Treves use to show the audience the Elephant Man's deformities?
(a) Slides.
(b) A plastic model.
(c) Medical charts.
(d) Drawings.

4. Which of the following best describes Treves' voice as he describes the Elephant Man to the audience during a lecture?
(a) Apathetic.
(b) Dry.
(c) Animated.
(d) Fearful.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job has Treves come to fill at the hospital?

2. How much does Treves' supervisor think Treves can make as a fee per patient he sees?

3. How old was Merrick when his mother was attacked at the circus?

4. Where was Merrick abandoned as a child?

5. How many characters enter the stage to discuss the similarities they feel with Merrick?

Short Essay Questions

1. During the one-on-one scene that each high society member has with the audience, what does the Princess of Wales think is the similarity between her husband and Treves?

2. How does Gomm react to the news that Lord John has stolen from Merrick?

3. What is the symbolism of the model church that Merrick is working toward completing?

4. During Ross and Merrick's argument about returning to work together, how do the two men taunt each other?

5. How does Merrick react to the news that Lord John has stolen money from him?

6. What is the reaction to Mrs. Kendal's nudity in Merrick's room?

7. During the dream, what statemtents does Gomm make about "good men" and what should happen to them?

8. Why does Lord John come begging for money from Treves?

9. What argument about faith do the BIshop and Gomm get into over Merrick's medical treatment?

10. What insight does Merrick have about the play "Romeo and Juliet"?

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