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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which event happened first, in Shanahan's explanation of TWA Flight 800?

2. Who is Dennis Shanahan?

3. Laws prevented people from stealing what from graves?

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

5. What does Marliena Marignani say is the advantage of working on cadavers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What test was Captain Louis Le Garde ordered to perform in 1893?

3. What did Thomas Holmes do?

4. Why does Duncan McPherson say people fall down when shot?

5. How does Mary Roach describe making cadavers bearable?

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

7. What kinds of things does Mary Roach say have resulted from tests like the one on UM006?

8. Why does Dennis Tobin say people fall down when shot?

9. What kinds of signs did the cadavers from Flight 800 have?

10. What part of the embalming procedure did Mary Roach witness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Americans are known for their technological optimism, that death can be defeated or overcome. What insight does Mary Roach's book give us into refusal to accept death?

Essay Topic 2

How would you characterize Mary Roach's religious views and sensibility? What do you think are her religious beliefs, based on the book?

Essay Topic 3

What is Mary Roach's central concern in 'Stiff'? Her book covers a wide variety of topics regarding dead bodies. What is her central interest--Or is this book a wide-ranging 'exploration' that is not tightly centered on an overarching question or concern?

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