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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. What mythological creature did Spencer decide was not a relative of the fawn-child?

2. When did Spencer join the American Carnival?

3. What became Elise’s nickname during the time the Blacks traveled with the carnival?

4. In what year did Spencer write about the satyr in his journal?

5. Where was Spencer’s caravan parked while he and his son created creatures for his show?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How was the Codex described?

4. Who was Alexander Goethe?

5. In Chapter 5, how did Spencer describe most sideshows at carnivals?

6. What was the legend behind the ganesha?

7. How did Dr. Joab A. Holace describe Spencer in a medical journal in July 1884?

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

9. What was believed about sirens or mermaids?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Elise attempted to have her brother-in-law take custody of Alphonse and Samuel.

a. Why did Samuel stay with Bernard and Alphonse did not?

b. How did the lives of the two boys turn out?

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