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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 many heads did the Cerberus have?

2. What did Spencer call the harpy-like creature he created in Chapter 6?

3. How did Spencer describe the compulsion he had to work on the fawn-child?

4. What did Spencer believe was ruined as he dissected the fawn-child?

5. In Chapter 7, where did Spencer unveil his new show?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the first creature that Spencer created for his show?

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

6. What was the sphinx like?

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

8. How was Spencer’s paper on the fawn-child received?

9. How was the Codex described?

10. How was the Minotaur different from the satyr?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 3, Spencer performed operations to treat conjoined twins and other mutations of the body. How did Spencer’s work change from performing surgeries to help individual to mutations to creating mutations?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 4, Ward C had its first tragedy. What went wrong? Who accepted responsibility? Why did Spencer believe he was responsible? How did the tragedy affect the program and Spencer?

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