View a FREE sample

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 helmet.
(b) A hood.
(c) A sensor suit.
(d) A loincloth.

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

3. Who do researchers help with their work at the University of Tennessee?
(a) Criminal investigations.
(b) Raw science.
(c) Cancer research.
(d) Families.

4. What do the students call the viscous liquid that comes from the cadaver's mouth?
(a) Purge.
(b) Overflow.
(c) Vomit.
(d) Liquid.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mary Roach describe the air with which dissections were performed in the 18th century?

2. Why does technology emulate the smell of dead bodies?

3. What did Mary Roach attend at UCSF?

4. How does Mary Roach characterize the first stage of decay in a cadaver?

5. Why are animals used exclusively?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 302 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample