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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 early anatomists supposed to dispose of human remains?
(a) By eating them.
(b) By feeding it to dogs.
(c) By selling them as meat.
(d) By burying them.

2. Why are animals used exclusively?
(a) Because the studies are so disfiguring.
(b) Because the studies would be sacrilegious with human cadavers.
(c) Because the studies are so invasive.
(d) Because children are not donated to science.

3. What was Mary Roach touched by at the event at UCSF?
(a) A cadaver's family's satisfaction.
(b) A demonstration on a cadaver.
(c) A cadaver's apparent patience.
(d) A tribute to a cadaver.

4. What causes bloat in cadavers?
(a) Release of stomach gases.
(b) Bacteria digesting internal organs.
(c) Maggots.
(d) Tissue decomposition.

5. What kind of impact does UM006 suffer?
(a) High-speed side-impact.
(b) Low-speed head-on.
(c) Low-speed side-impact.
(d) High-speed rear-impact.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were Civil War soldiers treated when they died, in Mary Roach's account?

2. What was UM006 hit with?

3. How does Mary Roach characterize the first stage of decay in a cadaver?

4. What difficulty occurs when patients insist on experienced doctors?

5. What do researchers monitor at the University of Tennessee?

(see the answer key)

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