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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Eat Me.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who would Sir Astley Cooper have dug up?
(a) His enemies.
(b) His former patients.
(c) His old friends.
(d) His former professors.

2. When were mummies used medicinally?
(a) 8th - 6th centuries BCE.
(b) 8th - 12th centuries AD.
(c) 4th - 8th centuries AD.
(d) 16th - 18th centuries AD.

3. What fear did people have before modern science clarified brain death?
(a) Having limbs and organs removed.
(b) Being used in ballistics tests.
(c) Being used for scientific experimentation.
(d) Being buried alive.

4. How does Mary Roach describe the way the surgeons see the exercise of working on cadavers?
(a) As a demotion from surgery.
(b) As a form of punishment.
(c) As a rare opportunity.
(d) As a last chance to learn techniques.

5. For how long after death can internal organs be identified?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) A week.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) A month.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Barbet test his skepticism?

2. When does Mary Roach say patients were better off ignoring doctors' advice?

3. What does Marliena Marignani say is the advantage of working on cadavers?

4. What causes bloat in cadavers?

5. Who do researchers help with their work at the University of Tennessee?

(see the answer key)

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