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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did Spencer pay for a fawn-child specimen in Chapter 5?
(a) $75.
(b) $150.
(c) $200.
(d) $100.

2. What was it about the fawn-child that made it look like a fawn?
(a) Knees bent the wrong way.
(b) Ears.
(c) Hooves.
(d) Hair and nubs like horns.

3. How many horse-drawn caravans traveled with the American Carnival?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

4. What mythological creature did Spencer decide was not a relative of the fawn-child?
(a) Chimaera.
(b) Satyr.
(c) Centaur
(d) Harpy.

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

6. In Chapter 6, what was the occupation of the person who criticized Spencer’s show and said it was indecent and blasphemous?
(a) Minister.
(b) Mayor.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Teacher.

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

8. What did Spencer call the new show he began in Chapter 7?
(a) Mythological Humanity.
(b) Dawn of Humanity.
(c) Human Renaissance.
(d) Renewal and Myth.

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

10. When did Spencer draw the fawn-child?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1878.
(c) 1877.
(d) 18880.

11. When did Spencer write about the dissection of the fawn-child in his journal?
(a) October 17.
(b) September 3.
(c) July 21.
(d) August 14.

12. In what year did Spencer write about the satyr in his journal?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1906.

13. In Chapter 7, where did Spencer unveil his new show?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Boston.
(d) Philadelphia.

14. What disease did the lizard woman in Chapter 6 have?
(a) Ichthyosis.
(b) Incontinentia pigmenti.
(c) Xeroderma Pigmentosa.
(d) Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

15. How long after the publication of Gray’s Anatomy was Spencer’s Codex published?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 25 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, how does Spencer say that Alphonse is growing?

2. What became Elise’s nickname during the time the Blacks traveled with the carnival?

3. In Chapter 5, what did Spencer find among the sideshows of a carnival?

4. What was the monster-baby that Spencer saw at a carnival in Chapter 5?

5. What did Spencer do with the fawn-child’s organs?

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