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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oddly, how did Spencer feel as he dissected the fawn-child?
(a) Excited and invigorated.
(b) Vitalized and nourished.
(c) Frustrated and irritated.
(d) Angry and exhausted.

2. What changed Spencer’s career and aspirations in Chapter 5?
(a) Visit to a carnival.
(b) An operation on a pair of conjoined twins.
(c) An accident.
(d) A falling out with his colleagues.

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

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

5. In Chapter 5, where was the skeleton of the conjoined twins fused together?
(a) Back.
(b) Ribs.
(c) Skull.
(d) Hip.

6. In Chapter 6, where did the dining room of an exclusive dinner club get destroyed because of Spencer’s actions?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) New Jersey.

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

8. 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.

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

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

11. When did Spencer join the American Carnival?
(a) 1881.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1879.

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

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

14. In the beginning of Chapter 7, what was the date of Spencer’s journal entry?
(a) September 23.
(b) February 17.
(c) April 30.
(d) December 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Spencer disappear?

3. How many heads did the chimaera have?

4. Where did Dr. Joab A. Holace believe that Spencer’s paper about the fawn-child should have been published?

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

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