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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. Where did Dr. Gregory Black teach?

2. What program did Spencer begin in Chapter 3?

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

4. How long can the English Yew live?

5. With whom did Spencer believe humans shared traits?

Short Essay Questions

1. What other operation was mentioned in Chapter 3?

2. What was a nightmare that Spencer wrote about in his journal in Chapter 4?

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

4. What did Spencer begin to research in 1869?

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

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

7. How did Spencer do with his studies in 1869?

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

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

10. What is the life cycle of the cicada?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Spencer Black was a rising young doctor.

a. What made Spencer an internationally known physician?

b. Why did he become scorned by the scientific community?

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

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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