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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Holy Cadaver.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were Civil War soldiers treated when they died, in Mary Roach's account?
(a) They were buried where they fell.
(b) They were mummified and collected.
(c) They were buried in Arlington.
(d) They were shipped home and buried.

2. Whom does Mary Roach say British surgeons began to dissect, when cadaver supply ran low?
(a) Street people.
(b) Their dead relatives.
(c) Animals.
(d) Their students.

3. What are researchers trying to determine by studying impacts?
(a) How to prevent side-impact injuries.
(b) How to design helmets.
(c) How rescue techniques can save lives.
(d) How much force a soldier can withstand.

4. How does the army avoid telling families what they use cadavers for?
(a) Describe the research in general terms.
(b) Deny any impropriety in advance.
(c) Prosecute anyone who discloses the nature of the research.
(d) Refuse to disclose anything.

5. How were early anatomists supposed to dispose of human remains?
(a) By eating them.
(b) By selling them as meat.
(c) By burying them.
(d) By feeding it to dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of injuries have cadavers helped scientists understand?

2. What do researchers measure by creating typical scenarios?

3. What was conspicuously absent from the event Mary Roach attended at UCSF?

4. What position is UM006 placed in for the study?

5. What did Thomas Holmes perfect?

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