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

2. What was Mary Roach surprised to learn about surgery?
(a) Most surgeons learn new things even in live surgeries.
(b) Sometimes practice cadavers are reclaimed by their families after training surgery.
(c) Most surgeries are done by interns.
(d) Most cases of malpractice come from surgery.

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

4. What did participants take turns doing at the event Mary Roach attended at UCSF?
(a) Practicing and being critiqued.
(b) Singing and reading.
(c) Teaching sections.
(d) Presenting papers.

5. What is Roach's preliminary conclusion about using cadavers for training?
(a) If the people gave permission, this must be one of the possibilities.
(b) It's better than surgeons making mistakes on live patients.
(c) The skills have to be taught somehow.
(d) It isn't the strangest thing cadavers can be used for.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who would Sir Astley Cooper have dug up?

2. How much access do most hospitals have to cadavers to work on?

3. What have medical schools done in the past decade, according to Mary Roach?

4. What is objectification, according to Mary Roach?

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

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