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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. In Chapter 7, how long did Spencer’s new show run publicly in the U.S.?

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

3. To what does Spencer compare Alphonse in Chapter 5?

4. On what continent did the sphinx derive according to the Codex?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 5, how did Spencer describe Alphonse’s growth?

5. What was the legend behind the ganesha?

6. Who was Alexander Goethe?

7. How did Spencer treat Miriam Helmer?

8. What did Spencer believe about dragons?

9. What was the sphinx like?

10. What happened to Samuel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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