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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. How old was Spencer when he finished his schooling?
(a) 21.
(b) 20.
(c) 22.
(d) 19.

2. What disease did the lizard woman in Chapter 6 have?
(a) Xeroderma Pigmentosa.
(b) Incontinentia pigmenti.
(c) Ichthyosis.
(d) Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

3. Where did Dr. Joab A. Holace believe that Spencer’s paper about the fawn-child should have been published?
(a) Novel.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Scientific journal.
(d) Penny dreadful.

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

5. What year were Spencer and Elise married?
(a) 1871.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1873.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Spencer pay for a fawn-child specimen in Chapter 5?

2. As Spencer worked with the fawn-child in Chapter 5, what was he fighting?

3. How were performers in carnival sideshows often treated?

4. Before moving to Philadelphia, how many years of schooling had Bernard completed at the Medical Arts College in Boston?

5. When did Spencer build and design a miraculous cabinet of curiosities—taxidermied replicas of mythological creatures?

(see the answer key)

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