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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. Where did 18th-century British schools get their cadavers?
(a) Executed criminals.
(b) Dead soldiers.
(c) Disinterred dead people.
(d) Suicides.

2. How does the army avoid telling families what they use cadavers for?
(a) Refuse to disclose anything.
(b) Prosecute anyone who discloses the nature of the research.
(c) Deny any impropriety in advance.
(d) Describe the research in general terms.

3. What does Mike Walsh say he typically tells families?
(a) More than they need to know about their loved one.
(b) Just the minimum facts.
(c) Nothing.
(d) All the details of the study including long-term follow-up.

4. How does Mary Roach describe the smell of death?
(a) Bitter and rough.
(b) Nauseating and sharp.
(c) Heady and unlike anything else.
(d) Sweet and cloying.

5. What does UM006 fall onto?
(a) The floor.
(b) A dashboard.
(c) A steering wheel.
(d) A cushion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the basis for calls to stop cadaver research?

2. What were people called who stole bodies to sell them to scientists?

3. Who is Mike Walsh?

4. Why, in Mary Roach's account, is cadaver research compelling?

5. What do researchers measure by creating typical scenarios?

(see the answer key)

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