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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. Why is the British practice for avoiding consent impractical, according to Mary Roach?
(a) Because it raises the cost through litigation from families.
(b) Because some research requires whole bodies.
(c) Because it relies on legal sophistries.
(d) Because it speaks on the cadaver's behalf.

2. How do researchers in Britain bypass familial consent?
(a) By neglecting to tell families at all.
(b) By treating cadavers as parts.
(c) By using homeless people.
(d) By importing bodies from Eastern Europe.

3. Why does technology emulate the smell of dead bodies?
(a) To train dogs to find bodies.
(b) For theme parks and haunted houses.
(c) To attract flies to be studied.
(d) To study the receptors in flies and other insects.

4. Laws prevented people from stealing what from graves?
(a) Heirlooms.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Bodies.
(d) Jewelry.

5. How long does the bloat stage of decomposition last?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) A month.
(d) A week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a 'temporary stretch cavity'?

2. What does UM006 fall onto?

3. When was Captain Louis Le Garde ordered to use cadavers to test the 30-caliber Springfield rifle against the 45-caliber?

4. How does the army avoid telling families what they use cadavers for?

5. What did Dr. Barbet believe caused the formations he was interested in?

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