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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 did Spencer and Elise meet?
(a) She was doing research at the academy.
(b) At a dinner party.
(c) At Ward C.
(d) She was a friend of his family.

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

3. How did Victor die?
(a) Polio.
(b) Measles.
(c) Typhoid fever.
(d) Pneumonia.

4. Where was Spencer’s caravan parked while he and his son created creatures for his show?
(a) Farm outside of Boston.
(b) Meadow 40 miles north of Philadelphia.
(c) Elise’s family home near Chicago.
(d) Small town near Detroit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What program did Spencer begin in Chapter 3?

2. In what period of time did Spencer try to learn a lifetime of zoological science?

3. In what month at the beginning of Chapter 3, did Spencer state that he was working tirelessly without results?

4. By 1873, how many applications were being submitted by students to the academy?

5. What was Spencer’s reputation in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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