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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 was the courtship between Spencer and Elise?

2. In Chapter 3, how many right fingers did a patient have?

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

4. In what month at the beginning of Chapter 3, did Spencer state that he was working tirelessly without results?

5. Before moving to Philadelphia, how many years of schooling had Bernard completed at the Medical Arts College in Boston?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What special program did Spencer begin in Chapter 3?

3. What death did Spencer experience in the fall of 1874?

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

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

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

7. How did Spencer’s personality change in 1876?

8. In Chapter 3, what was Bernard doing?

9. What was known about the English Yew tree?

10. What is the life cycle of the cicada?

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 6, Spencer faced ridicule and rejection after he tried to publish a paper about the fawn-child. What was the main thesis of his paper? What did some in the medical community say about the contents of the paper? Why did he have to find a new job?

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