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

2. What does Dennis Shanahan normally investigate?
(a) Side impacts.
(b) Injured people's claims.
(c) Airlines claims.
(d) Deceased's families' claims.

3. When does 'human wreckage' become useful to an investigation?
(a) When ships sink and human remains float.
(b) When investigators are looking for evidence of explosives in buildings.
(c) When an airplane's black box is not conclusive or missing.
(d) When investigators are trying to distinguish between structural failure and bombs in airplanes.

4. How long does the bloat stage of decomposition last?
(a) A week.
(b) A month.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three weeks.

5. What is objectification, according to Mary Roach?
(a) A means of seeing humanity even in the cadaver.
(b) A technique for keeping control during surgery.
(c) A way to keep from cracking up during a procedure.
(d) A coping mechanism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did 18th-century British schools get their cadavers?

2. Who is Mike Walsh?

3. How does Mary Roach characterize the third stage of decay in a cadaver?

4. Who is UM006?

5. What does evidence suggest killed the passengers on TWA Flight 800?

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