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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. When did Spencer join the American Carnival?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1881.
(d) 1882.

2. For what researcher did Spencer work on and off for many years, illustrating hundreds of specimens?
(a) Martin Phillips.
(b) David Andrews.
(c) Jean DeLain.
(d) Phillip Robarre.

3. What did Spencer call the new show he began in Chapter 7?
(a) Renewal and Myth.
(b) Human Renaissance.
(c) Mythological Humanity.
(d) Dawn of Humanity.

4. When did Spencer build and design a miraculous cabinet of curiosities—taxidermied replicas of mythological creatures?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1892.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did a private performance of Spencer’s show go terribly wrong?

3. How did Victor die?

4. How did Spencer refer to the fawn-child in his journal when he discussed the importance of detailed notes?

5. In Chapter 4, when did Spencer write about eliminating subtractive surgery?

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