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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the man in the household where Spencer and his brother lived after their father died?
(a) Nehemiah.
(b) Zachariah.
(c) Jeremiah.
(d) Isaiah.

2. How long was the courtship between Spencer and Elise?
(a) A year.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 18 months.

3. In Chapter 3, who strongly disagreed with claims Spencer made in the first paper he published in Chapter 3?
(a) Denkel.
(b) Holace.
(c) Martinson.
(d) Van Hoeven.

4. How did Spencer believe scientific evidence was derived?
(a) Studying.
(b) Experimentation.
(c) By learned scholars.
(d) By objective observers.

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

6. Who was the physician renowned for his work on embryonic research and conjoined twins who also participated in Spencer’s program?
(a) Martin S. Laird.
(b) Isaiah D. Williams.
(c) Joab A. Holace.
(d) David J. Breiten.

7. Who was one of Spencer’s most influential professors?
(a) Joseph Warren Denkel.
(b) Peter David Andrews.
(c) Robert Wyatt Williams.
(d) Bernard Philip Vandervere.

8. By 1873, how many applications were being submitted by students to the academy?
(a) Over 25,000.
(b) Tens of thousands.
(c) Thousands.
(d) More than 15,000.

9. What condition was treated in the first operation in Chapter 3?
(a) Achondroplasia.
(b) Cleft palate.
(c) Pendred syndrome.
(d) Ectrodactyly.

10. How old was Spencer in Chapter 3?
(a) 25.
(b) 19
(c) 21.
(d) 20.

11. When was the portrait of Elise in Chapter 4 drawn?
(a) 1875.
(b) 1873.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1871.

12. How old was Spencer when his third child was born?
(a) 25.
(b) 27.
(c) 26.
(d) 24.

13. What is the date on the only known image of Alphonse?
(a) 1874.
(b) 1873.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1872.

14. During what month were Spencer and Elise married?
(a) June.
(b) December.
(c) November.
(d) May.

15. In which season did Spencer and his brother move after their father died?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Fall.
(d) Spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do cicadas hatch from their eggs?

2. When did Spencer’s mother die?

3. What was the date of the journal entry at the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. What ideas of Spencer’s began to separate him from the rest of the scientific community?

5. What was the name of the poem Spencer wrote about his first grave robbing experience?

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