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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. How many different species are listed in the Codex?
(a) 13.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 11.

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

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

4. When was Samuel born?
(a) April 12, 1885.
(b) November 4, 1883.
(c) July 11, 1886.
(d) May 3, 1884.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, where did Spencer unveil his new show?

2. To what does Spencer compare Alphonse in Chapter 5?

3. How were performers in carnival sideshows often treated?

4. Where did the legendary Pegasus ascend?

5. When did Spencer build and design a miraculous cabinet of curiosities—taxidermied replicas of mythological creatures?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Samuel?

2. What was the first creature that Spencer created for his show?

3. What observations did Spencer record from his dissection of the fawn-child?

4. How did Spencer treat Miriam Helmer?

5. How was the Minotaur different from the satyr?

6. Was Spencer able to provide financially for his family by touring with the carnival?

7. At a carnival Spencer saw in Chapter 5, what were some of the exhibits?

8. What creature did Spencer create that was too grotesque for his audiences?

9. Why was Spencer arrested in Marris County, New York?

10. How was Spencer’s paper on the fawn-child received?

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