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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do cicadas live in the ground after hatching?

2. With whom did Spencer believe humans shared traits?

3. When did Spencer and Elise have their first child?

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

5. In what month did Spencer comment on his opinion of the doctor who was known for his embryonic research and work with conjoined twins?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Spencer claim in his paper “The Perfect Human”?

2. In Chapter 3, what was Bernard doing?

3. How successful was Ward C?

4. Who were two of the doctors who joined Spencer in his program?

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

6. By the end of Spencer’s second year at the academy, to what was he devoting his time?

7. Who did Spencer marry and how did they meet?

8. How did the success of Ward C affect the academy?

9. How did Dr. Gregory Black obtain bodies for his medical students?

10. At the time Spencer and Bernard moved to Philadelphia, how much of a medical education had each completed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Spencer claimed to have found specimens or remains of specimens. Did any of Spencer’s collection survive? When he traveled, did anyone corroborate his finding various specimens? Probably how were the specimens created?

Essay Topic 2

The book is a novel, but reads like a biography. What style did the author use to make the book seem real? What facts are scattered throughout the novel? How do these facts make the book seem more like a biography than a novel?

Essay Topic 3

The Codex was an anatomical reference manual. How did this manual differ from other manuals of the time? What was the opinion of most scientists about the contents of the book?

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