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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Holy Cadaver.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mary Roach attend at UCSF?
(a) A face-lift refresher.
(b) Anatomy training.
(c) Training for people who talk with patients about giving their bodies to science.
(d) A memorial service for unnamed cadavers.

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

3. What was Barbet skeptical about?
(a) The weight-bearing ability of a nail through the palm.
(b) The ability of a crucified person to reposition himself.
(c) The notion that crucifixion kills a man by asphyxiation.
(d) The blood patterns on the Shroud of Turin.

4. Who did the 'father of anatomy' dissect?
(a) Executed criminals.
(b) Live criminals.
(c) Disinterred dead people.
(d) Unwilling victims.

5. What does Rick Lowden study?
(a) The effects of the temporary stretch cavity.
(b) The ethics of using cadavers in tests.
(c) The legality of cadaver and animal tests.
(d) The corrosion of bullets in human flesh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do researchers measure by creating typical scenarios?

2. What was Destot's space?

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

4. In what field are animals used almost exclusively?

5. How did Barbet test his skepticism?

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