The Elephant Man - Exam
  • 1. What is the birth name of 'The Elephant Man'?
A) David Merrick
B) Michael Merrick
C) John Merrick
D) Joseph Merrick
  • 2. In which city did Joseph Merrick spend the early part of his life?
A) Leicester
B) Liverpool
C) Manchester
D) London
  • 3. Who was the physician who cared for Joseph Merrick at London Hospital?
A) John Merrick
B) Michael Crichton
C) Frederick Treves
D) Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • 4. What does Dr. Frederick Treves initially think Joseph Merrick's condition is when he first examines him?
A) Polio
B) Elephantiasis
C) Leprosy
D) Smallpox
  • 5. What year did Joseph Merrick die?
A) 1900
B) 1910
C) 1890
D) 1920
  • 6. Who portrayed Joseph Merrick in the 1980 film 'The Elephant Man'?
A) Daniel Day-Lewis
B) John Hurt
C) Gary Oldman
D) Anthony Hopkins
  • 7. Which famous playwright wrote the play 'The Elephant Man'?
A) Tennessee Williams
B) Arthur Miller
C) Bernard Pomerance
D) Eugene O'Neill
  • 8. How old was Joseph Merrick when he passed away?
A) 35
B) 27
C) 40
D) 30
  • 9. Where did Joseph Merrick spend the last years of his life?
A) Paris
B) New York
C) Leicester
D) London Hospital
  • 10. What was the stage name used by Joseph Merrick when he was exhibited at a freak show?
A) "Joseph the Marvel"
B) "The Leicestershire Lad"
C) "The Elephant Man"
D) "The Deformed Gentleman"
  • 11. What was the official cause of Joseph Merrick's death?
A) Bronchopneumonia
B) Asphyxia
C) Scarlet fever
D) Dislocated neck
  • 12. Who did Joseph Merrick believe was responsible for his deformities due to a fairground incident?
A) An elephant at a fairground
B) A road accident
C) A circus manager
D) His father
  • 13. What did Joseph Merrick create despite his physical challenges?
A) Political speeches
B) Musical compositions
C) Detailed artistic works, such as intricate models of buildings
D) Novels and poems
  • 14. What was the conjectured cause of Joseph Merrick's deformities in 1986?
A) Proteus syndrome
B) Scarlet fever
C) Myelitis
D) Smallpox
  • 15. What did Mary Jane's gravestone incorrectly indicate about her children?
A) That she had four children
B) That she worked as an engine driver
C) That she died of bronchopneumonia
D) That she was a widow
  • 16. What did Joseph Merrick's father do besides running a haberdashery business?
A) Worked as an engine driver at a cotton factory
B) Managed a circus
C) Owned a fairground
D) Was a surgeon
  • 17. What injury did Joseph Merrick sustain that left him permanently disabled?
A) A broken arm
B) A damaged left hip from falling, which became infected
C) A dislocated neck
D) A fractured skull
  • 18. Who did Joseph Merrick marry after moving in with Mrs. Emma Wood Antill?
A) Mary Jane Potterton
B) Emma Wood Antill
C) Sarah Rockley
D) Alexandra, Princess of Wales
  • 19. What did Joseph Merrick's mother do as a profession?
A) Engine driver
B) Showman
C) Sunday school teacher
D) Surgeon
  • 20. What was the name of Joseph Merrick's brother who died of scarlet fever?
A) John Thomas Merrick
B) Charles Merrick
C) William Arthur
D) Joseph Rockley
  • 21. What was the name of Joseph Merrick's sister who had physical disabilities and died at age 23?
A) Emma
B) Marion Eliza
C) Alexandra
D) Mary Jane
  • 22. At what age did Joseph Merrick leave school?
A) 12
B) 15
C) 13
D) 16
  • 23. Why did Merrick lose his job rolling cigars?
A) He was caught stealing from the factory
B) His right hand's deformity worsened, affecting dexterity
C) He decided to pursue a different career
D) The factory closed down
  • 24. What license did Merrick's father secure for him?
A) A street performer's permit
B) A barber's licence
C) A hawker's licence
D) A factory work permit
  • 25. Why was Merrick unsuccessful as a hawker?
A) He was frequently robbed
B) He did not have enough items to sell
C) The market for haberdashery declined
D) His facial deformities made his speech unintelligible and people reacted with horror to his appearance
  • 26. What happened to Merrick's hawker's licence?
A) He sold it to another hawker
B) It expired and wasn't renewed because he forgot
C) It was withdrawn by the Commissioners for Hackney Carriages due to negative public attention
D) He voluntarily gave it up
  • 27. How long did Merrick stay at the Leicester Union Workhouse during his first admission?
A) 1 year
B) 4 years
C) 12 weeks
D) 6 months
  • 28. On what date did Joseph Merrick leave the workhouse to start his new career?
A) 3 August 1884
B) 20 September 1884
C) 10 October 1884
D) 15 July 1884
  • 29. Who was initially dismayed by Merrick's deformities but decided to exhibit him?
A) Frederick Treves
B) Tom Norman
C) George Hitchcock
D) Sam Torr
  • 30. Who suggested that Frederick Treves should visit Joseph Merrick?
A) Reginald Tuckett
B) Tom Norman
C) George Hitchcock
D) Sam Torr
  • 31. What was the circumference of Merrick's head as measured by Treves?
A) 30 inches (76 cm)
B) 40 inches (102 cm)
C) 36 inches (91 cm)
D) 25 inches (64 cm)
  • 32. What prompted Joseph Merrick's managers to decide on a tour in continental Europe?
A) Roper insisted on the move for personal reasons.
B) They hoped European authorities would be more lenient than British ones.
C) The management team was based in Europe.
D) Merrick wanted to visit famous European landmarks.
  • 33. What was Joseph Merrick's only identifying possession when he reached London in 1886?
A) His savings of £50
B) Treves's card.
C) A photograph of his mother
D) A letter from the Leicester Union Workhouse
  • 34. What helped mitigate Joseph Merrick's unpleasant odour at the London Hospital?
A) Isolation from other patients
B) Special medication prescribed by Treves
C) Frequent bathing.
D) A change in diet recommended by hospital staff
  • 35. How did Joseph Merrick experience a visit to the theatre?
A) He was unable to attend due to health concerns.
B) He visited alone and sat in the front row.
C) He attended the Christmas pantomime, concealed in Lady Burdett-Coutts' private box.
D) He watched from his hospital room via a live broadcast.
  • 36. Who helped raise funds and public sympathy for Joseph Merrick?
A) Frederick Treves
B) Princess Alexandra
C) Actress Madge Kendal.
D) Charles Taylor, the son of an engineer
  • 37. Who befriended Joseph Merrick during his stay at Fawsley Hall?
A) Treves's house surgeon
B) Charles Merrick
C) A young farm labourer
D) Lady Knightley
  • 38. Which doctor proposed that Merrick's condition might be a combination of pachydermatocele and an unnamed bone deformity?
A) Henry Radcliffe Crocker
B) Michael Cohen
C) J. A. R. Tibbles
D) Frederick Parkes Weber
  • 39. What incorrect diagnosis did Frederick Parkes Weber associate with Merrick?
A) Von Recklinghausen Disease (neurofibromatosis)
B) Maffucci syndrome
C) Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
D) Proteus syndrome
  • 40. Who identified Proteus syndrome in 1979?
A) Frederick Parkes Weber
B) Henry Radcliffe Crocker
C) J. A. R. Tibbles
D) Michael Cohen
  • 41. Who was discovered to be the granddaughter of Merrick's uncle, George Potterton?
A) Treves's house surgeon
B) Lady Knightley
C) Pat Selby
D) Charles Merrick
  • 42. What was the outcome of the DNA tests conducted on Merrick's hair and bone?
A) The results were inconclusive
B) Confirmed Proteus syndrome
C) Confirmed neurofibromatosis
D) Identified a new genetic disorder
  • 43. Where did Joseph Merrick's soft tissue samples get lost?
A) They were never collected
B) During the Second World War
C) During transport to Queen Mary University
D) In a laboratory accident in 1909
  • 44. Who conducted the inquest on Merrick's death?
A) Henry Radcliffe Crocker
B) Charles Merrick
C) Wynne Edwin Baxter
D) Frederick Parkes Weber
  • 45. What did Merrick's condition lack that is important for diagnosing von Recklinghausen Disease?
A) Café au lait spots
B) Bone deformities
C) Nervous tissue tumours
D) Skin warty growths
  • 46. Who wrote a book including a foreword from Merrick's family member?
A) Ashley Montagu
B) Nadja Durbach
C) Michael Howell and Peter Ford
D) Joanne Vigor-Mungovin
  • 47. Which American metal band has three instrumental songs dedicated to Merrick?
A) Slipknot
B) Metallica
C) Mastodon
D) Iron Maiden
  • 48. In what year did the Malthouse Theatre premiere a play about Merrick's life?
A) 2017
B) 1983
C) 1999
D) 2001
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