The following questions are to be answered in complete sentences.
You must use direct quotes/parenthetical citations from the book to support your
answers and to receive full credit.
Answer each question in the text box provided below the appropriate Quiz box.
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Use complete sentences to answer only one of the following questions.
1) At Sesame Street, with whom do you indentify more and why?
a) Ernie b) Bert c) Oscar the Grouch d) Elmo
2) What Crayola crayon best represents your outlook on life?
3) If you were a text, which would you prefer to be and why?
a) a newspaper b) a coloring book c) a novel
4) Which toy best represent you and why?
a) a weeble b) silly putty c) a frisbee
(Pages 1-164)
1. What is an "alienist"?
2. Why does Sergeant Flynn refer to the victim as "it"?
3. Find 3 separate examples that indicate that the setting of the story is in the late 19th century.
4. How do Kreizler and William James differ on the theory of free will?
5. Explain what Kreizler means by saying that there is a timetable involved.
6. What is "dementia praecox"?
7. Explain anthropometry.
8. What is Paresis Hall?
9. Explain what Winslow meant by "imaginary man" and how this is relevant to the case.
10. Why is Kreizler hesitant to label the killer a monster? (Use brief explanations of two of the
theories cited in Ch. 13 to support your answer.)
BONUS: List the 3 basic methods of dactyl oscopy.
1. Explain Marcus' theory about how the killer is able to reach inaccessible areas.
2. How old is the killer speculated to be?
3. Explain how the killer's age is determined.
4. According to Marcus, what role does the killer's handwriting play?
5. Identify and explain the significance of the item found with the bloodstained rag.
BONUS: What is the address of the group's "headquarters"?
Surprise! No quiz questions! However, to receive points for this section, I want you to respond (in the box below) by presenting a brief prospectus of your final essay (on the novel).
I would like you to narrow it down to one or two ideas and to suggest your course of action (how you intend to develop these ideas, what primary examples and secondary resources might be used, etc.).
1. Explain why the killer might not be an American Indian.
2. Who is behind the kidnapping of Kreizler and Moore and why?
3. Of what did Reverend Dury take photographs while serving as a missionary in Minnesota,
and why is this relevant to the case?
4. Explain how Japheth Dury (through Adam's recounting of their childhood) becomes a
suspect.
5. Why does Kreizler leave the case?
1. Explain the significance of the name John Beecham.
2. Discuss the significance of Number 155 Baxter Street.
3. A map is dicovered. What is the map of?
4. On what condition does Kreizler agree to rejoin the group?
5. At what location do Kreizler and Moore (alone) wait for the killer?
BONUS:
*Was the killer mad? Explain/support your answer.