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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 do students at the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science stuff cadavers' eyes with?
(a) Wool.
(b) Stuffing.
(c) Internal organs.
(d) Cotton.

2. Why was it hard for Shanahan to investigate the crash of TWA Flight 800?
(a) There were so many young people on board.
(b) The bodies covered a large area.
(c) The bodies were unrecognizable.
(d) The bodies were still intact, and lifelike.

3. Who permitted anatomists to cut open executed criminals, in Mary Roach's account?
(a) Nero.
(b) Cleopatra.
(c) Ptolemy I.
(d) Alcibiades.

4. Which event happened first, in Shanahan's explanation of TWA Flight 800?
(a) Gas was ignited by frayed wiring.
(b) Passengers were thrown from the plane.
(c) Passengers were pulled from their seats.
(d) Fire swept through the cabin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why, in Mary Roach's account, is cadaver research compelling?

2. What kind of impact does UM006 suffer?

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

4. Why are animals used exclusively?

5. What distinguishes corpses in disasters caused by explosions?

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