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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were performers in carnival sideshows often treated?
(a) With great respect.
(b) With ridicule and humiliation.
(c) Like sub humans.
(d) Like cattle.

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

3. When was Spencer’s Codex published?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1908.

4. Where did Dr. Joab A. Holace believe that Spencer’s paper about the fawn-child should have been published?
(a) Penny dreadful.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Novel.
(d) Scientific journal.

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

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

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

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

9. What did Spencer call the harpy-like creature he created in Chapter 6?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Eve.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Rachel.

10. What goddess was supposed to have created the boy that became the ganesha?
(a) Shiva.
(b) Parvati.
(c) Devi.
(d) Sarasvati.

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

12. On what continent did the sphinx derive according to the Codex?
(a) Africa.
(b) South America.
(c) Europe.
(d) Australia.

13. Where did the legendary Pegasus ascend?
(a) Hades.
(b) Alfheim.
(c) Mount Olympus.
(d) Atlantis.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1900, what did Spencer do for a man whose legs had been amputated?

2. What mythological creature did Spencer decide was not a relative of the fawn-child?

3. What years were covered in Chapter 7?

4. Where was the Codex published?

5. What happened to those who could not answer the riddle of a sphinx?

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