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

2. How does Theresa, the attendant, say she copes with working with cadavers?
(a) She thinks of them as being made of wax.
(b) She tells herself the story of the person's life.
(c) She tells herself again and again that they wanted this.
(d) She tells herself that she's practicing so she can get it right when it matters.

3. What have medical schools done in the past decade, according to Mary Roach?
(a) Tried to develop techniques that allow more students to learn from each civilized.
(b) Tried to compensate families for donating deceased family members.
(c) Tried to instill respect for the dead in students.
(d) Tried to increase the rate of people donating their bodies to science.

4. What difficulty occurs when patients insist on experienced doctors?
(a) Finding patients or cadavers to train on.
(b) Getting training for surgeons.
(c) Keeping up with medical science.
(d) Learning the newest techniques.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the British practice for avoiding consent impractical, according to Mary Roach?

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

3. Who permitted anatomists to cut open executed criminals, in Mary Roach's account?

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

5. How does Shanahan cope with his work?

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