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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 - Human Renaissance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Spencer compare Alphonse in Chapter 5?
(a) Machine.
(b) Strong plant.
(c) Healthy tree.
(d) Sturdy animal.

2. What color is the resin from the Myrrh tree?
(a) Golden-brown.
(b) Gray.
(c) Reddish-brown.
(d) Black.

3. When was the collection of a wealthy, eccentric naturalist consumed by fire?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1904.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1902.

4. How many years did it take curators of Philadelphia’s Museum of Medical Antiquities to collect Spencer’s papers?
(a) 50.
(b) 25.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

5. Where was Spencer born?
(a) Concord.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the first operation performed in Chapter 3?

3. What insect did Spencer regularly sketch and mention in his journals and letters?

4. What is the date on the only known image of Alphonse?

5. Whose body was the first that Spencer helped dig up?

(see the answer key)

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