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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. Joab A. Holace believe that Spencer’s paper about the fawn-child should have been published?

2. Where did Spencer find the dragon specimen?

3. In Chapter 6, what was the occupation of the person who criticized Spencer’s show and said it was indecent and blasphemous?

4. In Chapter 6, where was Spencer’s show challenged to be indecent and blasphemous?

5. How were performers in carnival sideshows often treated?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Spencer get the fawn-child and what did he do with it?

2. What creature did Spencer create that was too grotesque for his audiences?

3. How was the Codex described?

4. How was the writing in the Codex described?

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

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

7. What was believed about sirens or mermaids?

8. Who was Alexander Goethe?

9. What did Spencer decide to do for a living after he could no longer work at the academy?

10. What was the sphinx like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Spencer began researching mutations. What was Spencer’s goal for this research at first? How did his motives change? What was the end result of this research?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 4, Spencer married Elise Chardelle. What type of life did Elise have during the first years of her marriage? Why did she and the family have to join a carnival? How did Elise’s opinion change about her husband?

Essay Topic 3

Spencer began a special surgical program in Chapter 3. What was the purpose of the program? What types of conditions were helped? Why did Spencer abandon this program?

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