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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Beyond the Black Box.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does UM006 wear for the study?
(a) A loincloth.
(b) A helmet.
(c) A hood.
(d) A sensor suit.

2. Why, in Mary Roach's account, is cadaver research compelling?
(a) Cadavers can withstand lethal forces without consequences.
(b) Cadavers are cheaper to work with than people.
(c) Cadavers are the best stand-ins for actual human beings.
(d) Cadavers can be studied in invasive ways that live subjects cannot.

3. When are apes more useful than cadavers in studies?
(a) When language and emotional trauma are being studied.
(b) When functioning organs are required.
(c) When studies look at bone fractures.
(d) When responses are considered.

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

5. Why is the British practice for avoiding consent impractical, according to Mary Roach?
(a) Because it speaks on the cadaver's behalf.
(b) Because some research requires whole bodies.
(c) Because it raises the cost through litigation from families.
(d) Because it relies on legal sophistries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the passengers' burns rule out for Shanahan?

2. Who did Robert Knox buy corpses from?

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

4. What has resulted from car safety studies with cadavers, according to Mary Roach?

5. How were surgeons promoted before the 1800s?

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