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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Just a Head.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Mary Roach characterize the brain?
(a) As the location of the soul.
(b) As the seat of consciousness.
(c) As the last thing to die.
(d) As the heart of the soul.

3. What did Brown-Sequard's test of Legallois' notion appear to show?
(a) Response in a human head.
(b) Speech in a child's head.
(c) No movement in canine or human heads.
(d) Voluntary movement in a dog's head.

4. Why did La Garde have difficulty stopping the Moro tribesmen in battle, in Mary Roach's account?
(a) Because they did not know what guns were, and did not know they were shot.
(b) Because they were small targets, and the terrain was full of brush to deflect bullets.
(c) Because the Moro tribesmen had inured themselves to pain in their initiation rites.
(d) Because they were fighting for their culture's life, and refused to retreat.

5. What do researchers monitor at the University of Tennessee?
(a) Stages of chemical composition.
(b) Family origins of cadavers.
(c) The moment of death of tissues.
(d) Origins and movements of tissues.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the bloat stage of decomposition last?

2. What do researchers risk if they omit details of their research on cadavers?

3. What was Marlene DeMaio using cadavers to test?

4. What does Mary Roach say is the least acceptable thing you can do with a cadaver?

5. What is a 'temporary stretch cavity'?

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