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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The University of Tennessee Medical Center is the home to the only facility that does what?
(a) Field research on human body decay.
(b) Trade in cadaver tissues.
(c) Return stolen cadavers to their graves.
(d) Cadaver reanimation.

2. What was Mary Roach touched by at the event at UCSF?
(a) A cadaver's apparent patience.
(b) A cadaver's family's satisfaction.
(c) A tribute to a cadaver.
(d) A demonstration on a cadaver.

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

4. Why does neurologist Dennis Tobin believe people fall down when shot?
(a) Because the force of even a small caliber shot is disorienting.
(b) Because well-placed shots can destroy nerve centers.
(c) Because the body's electrochemical balance is thrown off.
(d) Because the brain registers the wound and shuts down momentarily.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does UM006 wear for the study?

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

3. What does objectification provide surgeons with, in Mary Roach's account?

4. How does Theresa, the attendant, say she copes with working with cadavers?

5. What causes bloat in cadavers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mary Roach say cadavers have been treated, historically?

2. How were morticians preparing bodies at the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science?

3. What is the advantage of practicing surgery on a cadaver?

4. Who was UM006, and what was he being used for?

5. How much does UM006's family know what the cadaver is being used for?

6. How does Mary Roach describe making cadavers bearable?

7. Describe the procedure in which UM006 was used.

8. How does Mary Roach say that the British circumvent consent laws for using cadavers for research or training?

9. What are the three stages of decay, as Mary Roach describes them?

10. What was Sir Astley Cooper's stance on using cadavers in training?

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