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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 a private performance of Spencer’s show go terribly wrong?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1903.

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

3. What happened shortly after Spencer submitted the fawn-child paper to the academy?
(a) They fired him.
(b) They took away his operating privileges.
(c) They terminated his funding.
(d) They gave him a new program to manage.

4. In Chapter 6, how old was Alphonse when he helped his father create creatures for the carnival?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Spencer call the new show he began in Chapter 7?

2. What was it about the fawn-child that made it look like a fawn?

3. What years were covered in Chapter 7?

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

5. When did Bernard marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Spencer believe about dragons?

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

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

4. How was the Minotaur different from the satyr?

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

6. What did some believe about the creatures in the Human Renaissance show?

7. How did Spencer treat Miriam Helmer?

8. What was the legend behind the ganesha?

9. Why did Spencer have to leave the World’s Columbian Exposition early?

10. What procedure did Spencer follow to dissect the fawn-child?

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