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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Cadaver Who Joined the Army.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Lowden threatened with if he fired upon cadaver legs?
(a) Court martial.
(b) Arrest.
(c) Discharge.
(d) Defunding.

2. What is the basis for calls to stop cadaver research?
(a) Ethics.
(b) Disclosure.
(c) Expense.
(d) Families would object to it.

3. What distinguishes corpses in disasters caused by explosions?
(a) Postmortem decapitation.
(b) Burns.
(c) Distribution.
(d) Fragmentation.

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

5. What causes bloat in cadavers?
(a) Maggots.
(b) Tissue decomposition.
(c) Bacteria digesting internal organs.
(d) Release of stomach gases.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What pushes the viscous liquid up the cadaver's windpipe, in the case of the 75-year-old man Mary Roach saw students preparing at the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science?

3. What is objectification, according to Mary Roach?

4. Who was the 'father of anatomy'?

5. Who do researchers help with their work at the University of Tennessee?

(see the answer key)

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