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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Dead Man Driving.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were surgeons promoted before the 1800s?
(a) By merit.
(b) By nepotism.
(c) By seniority.
(d) By lottery.

2. How were Civil War soldiers treated when they died, in Mary Roach's account?
(a) They were shipped home and buried.
(b) They were buried in Arlington.
(c) They were buried where they fell.
(d) They were mummified and collected.

3. What does Mary Roach say surgeons operated without before the 1800s?
(a) Accurate medical knowledge.
(b) Training.
(c) Anesthesia.
(d) Assistants.

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

5. What did Thomas Holmes perfect?
(a) Revitalization.
(b) Mortuary science.
(c) Embalming.
(d) Resurrection.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the students call the viscous liquid that comes from the cadaver's mouth?

3. In what field are animals used almost exclusively?

4. What have medical schools done in the past decade, according to Mary Roach?

5. What does Mike Walsh say he typically tells families?

(see the answer key)

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