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

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

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

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

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 does Theresa, the attendant, say she copes with working with cadavers?

2. How were early anatomists supposed to dispose of human remains?

3. Why is the British practice for avoiding consent impractical, according to Mary Roach?

4. How does Mary Roach characterize the second stage of decay in a cadaver?

5. What does UM006 fall onto?

(see the answer key)

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