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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 7, where was Spencer traveling?
(a) Omaha.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Minneapolis.
(d) Denver.

2. When did Spencer unveil the new show he had created in Chapter 7?
(a) 1891.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1889.

3. How many heads did the chimaera have?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

4. In Chapter 5, what did Spencer find among the sideshows of a carnival?
(a) Patients.
(b) A monkey girl.
(c) Unusual diseases.
(d) Anatomy museum.

5. How many universities did Spencer approach asking them to publish his paper on the fawn-child?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

6. Where was the Codex published?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York.

7. What was the monster-baby that Spencer saw at a carnival in Chapter 5?
(a) Pig fetus.
(b) Camel fetus.
(c) Whale fetus.
(d) Jelly fish.

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

9. What name did Spencer give Alphonse after performing surgery on him?
(a) Strong man.
(b) Winged man.
(c) Unaging man.
(d) Sleepless man.

10. When did a private performance of Spencer’s show go terribly wrong?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1901.

11. In Chapter 6, where was the lizard-woman from?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Chicago.

12. How old was Miriam Helmer when Spencer grafted wings onto her back?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

13. In Chapter 7, how long did Spencer’s new show run publicly in the U.S.?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 1894-1895.
(c) 1892-1893.
(d) 2 years.

14. In what period of time did Spencer try to learn a lifetime of zoological science?
(a) 4 years.
(b) A month.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 3 weeks.

15. Where did Spencer take his show at the beginning of the twentieth century?
(a) Canada.
(b) Overseas.
(c) Mexico.
(d) West coast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Spencer find evidence of a centaur?

2. When was Samuel born?

3. What did Spencer believe was ruined as he dissected the fawn-child?

4. Where was Spencer’s caravan parked while he and his son created creatures for his show?

5. Where did Spencer dissect the fawn-child?

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