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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 - Codex Extinct Animalia.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Spencer when his father died?
(a) 16.
(b) 19.
(c) 17.
(d) 18.

2. What happened to those who could not answer the riddle of a sphinx?
(a) Loss of first-born child.
(b) Horrible skin condition.
(c) Death.
(d) Poverty.

3. As Spencer worked with the fawn-child in Chapter 5, what was he fighting?
(a) Criticism.
(b) Disapproval.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Fatigue and sickness.

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

5. How old was Meredith Anne Heath?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the woman in the household where Spencer and his brother lived after their father died?

2. To what does Spencer compare Alphonse in Chapter 5?

3. In Chapter 3, how many right fingers did a patient have?

4. In the beginning of Chapter 7, what was the date of Spencer’s journal entry?

5. How many copies were printed of the Codex?

(see the answer key)

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