View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Hugh Patterson?
(a) A writer.
(b) The head of the willed body program of UCSF Medical School.
(c) A surgeon.
(d) A cadaver.

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

3. Why is the British practice for avoiding consent impractical, according to Mary Roach?
(a) Because it relies on legal sophistries.
(b) Because it raises the cost through litigation from families.
(c) Because some research requires whole bodies.
(d) Because it speaks on the cadaver's behalf.

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

5. What has resulted from car safety studies with cadavers, according to Mary Roach?
(a) Safer windshields.
(b) Safer doors.
(c) Roll bars.
(d) Safer tires.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was conspicuously absent from the event Mary Roach attended at UCSF?

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

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

4. When are apes more useful than cadavers in studies?

5. How often do families renege on their consent, according to Mike Walsh?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 260 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample