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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. How does Mary Roach characterize the second stage of decay in a cadaver?
(a) Persistence of putrescent odor.
(b) Skin sloughing off, with maggots beneath the surface.
(c) Liquidation of internal organs.
(d) Bloat with large numbers of maggots.

2. How does Shanahan cope with his work?
(a) By sticking to protocols.
(b) By working to get justice in bombing cases.
(c) By focusing on parts.
(d) By grieving with colleagues.

3. What position is UM006 placed in for the study?
(a) Fetal.
(b) Lying down.
(c) Driving.
(d) Sprawling.

4. Who does Mary Roach say was often in attendance at surgeries?
(a) Artists.
(b) Policemen.
(c) Audiences.
(d) Scientists.

5. Why does technology emulate the smell of dead bodies?
(a) To train dogs to find bodies.
(b) To study the receptors in flies and other insects.
(c) For theme parks and haunted houses.
(d) To attract flies to be studied.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the army avoid telling families what they use cadavers for?

2. How does Mary Roach describe the way the surgeons see the exercise of working on cadavers?

3. What does Mary Roach say patients at teaching hospitals would get, before 1800?

4. What does Rick Lowden study?

5. What did the army hope for the 30-caliber rifle?

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