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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Life After Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mary Roach say patients at teaching hospitals would get, before 1800?
(a) Unnecessary procedures.
(b) To watch surgeries.
(c) Money for undergoing surgery.
(d) Large charges for small procedures.

3. What do researchers measure by creating typical scenarios?
(a) Cause of death.
(b) The deceased's health at death.
(c) Time of death.
(d) Age of the deceased.

4. Who does Mary Roach say was often in attendance at surgeries?
(a) Artists.
(b) Scientists.
(c) Policemen.
(d) Audiences.

5. What causes bloat in cadavers?
(a) Bacteria digesting internal organs.
(b) Release of stomach gases.
(c) Maggots.
(d) Tissue decomposition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other advantage does Marliena Marignani say comes from working on cadavers?

2. What do researchers monitor at the University of Tennessee?

3. What does objectification provide surgeons with, in Mary Roach's account?

4. How were surgeons promoted before the 1800s?

5. What difficulty occurs when patients insist on experienced doctors?

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