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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 - American Carnival.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many horse-drawn caravans traveled with the American Carnival?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

2. In a journal at the beginning of Chapter 2, what did Spencer say was a miracle?
(a) Sunrise and sunset.
(b) Being human.
(c) Birth of a baby.
(d) Life and death.

3. When was the portrait of Elise in Chapter 4 drawn?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1873.
(c) 1871.
(d) 1875.

4. When was Samuel born?
(a) April 12, 1885.
(b) July 11, 1886.
(c) May 3, 1884.
(d) November 4, 1883.

5. What were Bernard’s scientific interests?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Natural sciences, fossils, and history.
(c) Biology and botany.
(d) Geology and archeology.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Spencer when his third child was born?

2. In Chapter 6, what was the name of the person who said that Spencer’s show was indecent and blasphemous?

3. How old was Spencer when he finished his schooling?

4. What happened shortly after Spencer submitted the fawn-child paper to the academy?

5. What do cicadas transform into when they emerge from the ground?

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