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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 position is UM006 placed in for the study?
(a) Sprawling.
(b) Lying down.
(c) Fetal.
(d) Driving.

2. What led Shanahan away from thinking that TWA Flight 800 was an explosion?
(a) Bodies were torn apart.
(b) Bodies were not pierced by foreign objects.
(c) Bodies were not widely distributed.
(d) Bodies were not burned.

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

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

5. In what field are animals used almost exclusively?
(a) Decomposition studies.
(b) Geriatric studies.
(c) Pediatric studies.
(d) High-speed impact studies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary Roach say surgeons operated without before the 1800s?

2. How were early anatomists supposed to dispose of human remains?

3. What animals did investigators use to determine cause of death in the British Comet crashes?

4. Why does neurologist Dennis Tobin believe people fall down when shot?

5. How were surgeons promoted before the 1800s?

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