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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Cadaver Who Joined the Army.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rick Lowden study?
(a) The ethics of using cadavers in tests.
(b) The effects of the temporary stretch cavity.
(c) The corrosion of bullets in human flesh.
(d) The legality of cadaver and animal tests.

2. What were people called who stole bodies to sell them to scientists?
(a) Hoodlums.
(b) Thieves.
(c) Body snatchers.
(d) Resurrectionists.

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

4. What causes bloat in cadavers?
(a) Bacteria digesting internal organs.
(b) Release of stomach gases.
(c) Maggots.
(d) Tissue decomposition.

5. How does Mary Roach describe the air with which dissections were performed in the 18th century?
(a) Street theatre.
(b) Stand-up comedy.
(c) Opera.
(d) Tragedy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the 'father of anatomy'?

3. How does Mary Roach explain the results of Le Grande's tests?

4. When are apes more useful than cadavers in studies?

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

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