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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. Who permitted anatomists to cut open executed criminals, in Mary Roach's account?
(a) Ptolemy I.
(b) Cleopatra.
(c) Alcibiades.
(d) Nero.

2. Who is UM006?
(a) A patient in an impact study.
(b) A scientist studying human impacts.
(c) A cadaver in an impact study.
(d) A building where scientists study impacts on human bodies.

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

4. What was Lowden threatened with if he fired upon cadaver legs?
(a) Defunding.
(b) Court martial.
(c) Discharge.
(d) Arrest.

5. What was Lowden not allowed to do?
(a) Shoot cadavers.
(b) Shoot livestock.
(c) Retrieve bullets from war dead.
(d) Implant bullets surgically.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of resistance did DeMaio meet over using cadavers, according to Mary Roach?

2. The University of Tennessee Medical Center is the home to the only facility that does what?

3. How do resident surgeons treat cadavers, in Mary Roach's account?

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

5. How did Barbet test his skepticism?

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