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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Crimes of Anatomy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mary Roach attend at UCSF?
(a) Training for people who talk with patients about giving their bodies to science.
(b) Anatomy training.
(c) A memorial service for unnamed cadavers.
(d) A face-lift refresher.

2. Who is Hugh Patterson?
(a) A surgeon.
(b) The head of the willed body program of UCSF Medical School.
(c) A writer.
(d) A cadaver.

3. What is objectification, according to Mary Roach?
(a) A means of seeing humanity even in the cadaver.
(b) A way to keep from cracking up during a procedure.
(c) A technique for keeping control during surgery.
(d) A coping mechanism.

4. How were surgeons promoted before the 1800s?
(a) By merit.
(b) By seniority.
(c) By nepotism.
(d) By lottery.

5. Who permitted anatomists to cut open executed criminals, in Mary Roach's account?
(a) Ptolemy I.
(b) Cleopatra.
(c) Alcibiades.
(d) Nero.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mary Roach say was often in attendance at surgeries?

2. What does Marliena Marignani say is the advantage of working on cadavers?

3. What was Mary Roach surprised to learn about surgery?

4. What does surgeon Marliena Marignani find difficult to work with?

5. Where did 18th-century British schools get their cadavers?

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