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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Beyond the Black Box.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marliena Marignani say is the advantage of working on cadavers?
(a) They cannot sue for malpractice.
(b) They let you try the procedure over and over again.
(c) She does not have to interact with them.
(d) They do not bleed.

2. What distinguishes corpses in disasters caused by explosions?
(a) Burns.
(b) Fragmentation.
(c) Postmortem decapitation.
(d) Distribution.

3. How much access do most hospitals have to cadavers to work on?
(a) Cadavers that are not claimed turn up from time to time.
(b) A constant flow.
(c) Cadavers are exceedingly rare outside of teaching hospitals.
(d) Only rare amputations.

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

5. How does Theresa, the attendant, say she copes with working with cadavers?
(a) She tells herself the story of the person's life.
(b) She tells herself that she's practicing so she can get it right when it matters.
(c) She tells herself again and again that they wanted this.
(d) She thinks of them as being made of wax.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does UM006 fall onto?

3. What evidence does Shanahan use to come to this conclusion?

4. How does Mary Roach characterize the first stage of decay in a cadaver?

5. What do students at the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science stuff cadavers' eyes with?

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