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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. Which mummies were supposed to be best?
(a) Bodies that died suddenly.
(b) Bodies that died peacefully.
(c) Bodies that died violently.
(d) Bodies of philosopher kings.

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

3. What did Thomas Holmes perfect?
(a) Embalming.
(b) Revitalization.
(c) Mortuary science.
(d) Resurrection.

4. What do researchers monitor at the University of Tennessee?
(a) Family origins of cadavers.
(b) The moment of death of tissues.
(c) Origins and movements of tissues.
(d) Stages of chemical composition.

5. What phenomenon gave many false cures legitimacy?
(a) A great number of conditions are stress related.
(b) Maladies go away on their own.
(c) The placebo effect.
(d) Many cures included alcohol, which has a salutary effect.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which event happened first, in Shanahan's explanation of TWA Flight 800?

2. What does Mary Roach say, in commenting on Frederick Zugibe's work, is the highest office?

3. How long until a mellified man can be put to use?

4. Laws prevented people from stealing what from graves?

5. When did Father Armaillhac subject the Shroud of Turin to scientific study?

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