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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Elise give birth to her third child?
(a) 1875.
(b) 1878.
(c) 1877.
(d) 1876.

2. In Chapter 2, what is the date of the first journal entry at the end of the chapter?
(a) April 24.
(b) March 13.
(c) November 22.
(d) September 18.

3. In Chapter 2, from where did the dead insects come from that Spencer illustrated?
(a) Europe.
(b) Russia.
(c) Malaysian Islands.
(d) Cuba.

4. Before moving to Philadelphia, how much schooling had Spencer completed at the Medical Arts College in Boston?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 1 year.

5. How long into the surgery did Meredith die?
(a) 45 minutes.
(b) An hour and a half.
(c) 35 minutes.
(d) 2 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What condition was treated in the first operation in Chapter 3?

2. What was the name of the man in the household where Spencer and his brother lived after their father died?

3. Where did Spencer and his brother move after their father died?

4. What was Spencer’s reputation in Chapter 3?

5. What was the name of the place where Spencer worked in his program?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Spencer think about religion as a child?

2. How did Spencer seem to feel about the birth of his third child?

3. What did Spencer begin to research in 1869?

4. What is the story behind the Lily of the Valley told in Chapter 2?

5. What was the first operation performed in Ward C?

6. What ideas about evolution would eventually separate Spencer from the rest of the scientific community?

7. Who were Spencer’s parents?

8. How successful was Ward C?

9. What was known about the English Yew tree?

10. What did Spencer write about a time he went to help his father dig up a body?

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