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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Crimes of Anatomy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the 'father of anatomy'?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Asclepius.
(c) Sarpedon.
(d) Herophilus.

2. How do resident surgeons treat cadavers, in Mary Roach's account?
(a) With morbid humor.
(b) Contemptuously.
(c) Respectfully.
(d) Irreverently.

3. What was conspicuously absent from the event Mary Roach attended at UCSF?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Cadavers.
(d) Families.

4. 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.

5. How were surgeons promoted before the 1800s?
(a) By merit.
(b) By nepotism.
(c) By lottery.
(d) By seniority.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was Mary Roach surprised to learn about surgery?

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

5. What did participants take turns doing at the event Mary Roach attended at UCSF?

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