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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What seasons was the carnival open?
(a) Summer and fall.
(b) Spring and summer.
(c) Spring, summer, and fall.
(d) All year around.

3. What did Spencer do with the fawn-child’s organs?
(a) Pickled and preserved them.
(b) Put them in jars of noxious liquid.
(c) Threw them in the garbage.
(d) Performed experiments on them.

4. In Chapter 6, what was the name of the person who said that Spencer’s show was indecent and blasphemous?
(a) Peter Martin Bryant, III.
(b) Morris Davies White.
(c) William Cathaway, Jr.
(d) Sarah Anne Calhoun.

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

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

7. What did Samuel study after he went to live with his uncle and aunt?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Eduucation.
(c) Architecture and engineering.
(d) Theology.

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

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

10. Why did Spencer decide that the fawn-child was not a ruminant?
(a) No 3-chambered stomach.
(b) No four-chambered stomach.
(c) No hooves.
(d) No horns.

11. Who was the wealthy, eccentric naturalist who paid Spencer for a private demonstration of the show at his estate?
(a) William Bryant.
(b) Alexander Goethe.
(c) David Andrews.
(d) Philip VanderHoven.

12. To what does Spencer compare Alphonse in Chapter 5?
(a) Healthy tree.
(b) Strong plant.
(c) Sturdy animal.
(d) Machine.

13. Where did Spencer find evidence of a centaur?
(a) Romania.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) Bulgaria.

14. Where did a private performance of Spencer’s show go terribly wrong?
(a) Dresden.
(b) Venice.
(c) Rome.
(d) Budapest.

15. What did Spencer believe was ruined as he dissected the fawn-child?
(a) Reputation.
(b) Nerves.
(c) Fortitude.
(d) Stamina.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many copies were printed of the Codex?

2. Where did Spencer take his show at the beginning of the twentieth century?

3. In Chapter 5, where was the skeleton of the conjoined twins fused together?

4. How long was Spencer booked to perform at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago?

5. How many limbs did Spencer believe some minotaurs might have had?

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