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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. What did Mary Roach attend at UCSF?
(a) A face-lift refresher.
(b) Anatomy training.
(c) A memorial service for unnamed cadavers.
(d) Training for people who talk with patients about giving their bodies to science.

2. When are apes more useful than cadavers in studies?
(a) When language and emotional trauma are being studied.
(b) When studies look at bone fractures.
(c) When responses are considered.
(d) When functioning organs are required.

3. Why are surgeons nervous, according to Mary Roach?
(a) They are superstitious.
(b) They only have a limited number of attempts to work with cadavers.
(c) They are usually timed.
(d) Because they are working with human remains.

4. What other advantage does Marliena Marignani say comes from working on cadavers?
(a) They afford greater visibility.
(b) There is no risk of injuring the patient's health.
(c) She can concentrate on the surgery without all the machines, anesthesiologists and nurses around.
(d) The flesh is firmer.

5. What does objectification provide surgeons with, in Mary Roach's account?
(a) Clear visualization.
(b) Emotional distance.
(c) Control.
(d) Freedom from liability.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of impact does UM006 suffer?

2. How were surgeons promoted before the 1800s?

3. What are researchers trying to determine by studying impacts?

4. What has resulted from car safety studies with cadavers, according to Mary Roach?

5. What does Mary Roach say patients at teaching hospitals would get, before 1800?

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