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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. 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 shipped home and buried.
(d) They were buried in Arlington.

2. What does Shanahan use as a gauge of a disaster?
(a) Intactness of corpses.
(b) Time of death.
(c) Distribution of corpses.
(d) Age of corpses.

3. What have medical schools done in the past decade, according to Mary Roach?
(a) Tried to increase the rate of people donating their bodies to science.
(b) Tried to instill respect for the dead in students.
(c) Tried to compensate families for donating deceased family members.
(d) Tried to develop techniques that allow more students to learn from each civilized.

4. What is Roach's preliminary conclusion about using cadavers for training?
(a) It isn't the strangest thing cadavers can be used for.
(b) It's better than surgeons making mistakes on live patients.
(c) If the people gave permission, this must be one of the possibilities.
(d) The skills have to be taught somehow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the passengers' burns rule out for Shanahan?

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

3. Why does technology emulate the smell of dead bodies?

4. Why was it hard for Shanahan to investigate the crash of TWA Flight 800?

5. What do the students call the viscous liquid that comes from the cadaver's mouth?

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