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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Eat Me.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long until a mellified man can be put to use?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 1 year.

3. What was Destot's space?
(a) The area around the facial features in the Shroud of Turin.
(b) The place in the wrist where a nail could support a person's weight.
(c) The space from which a person's last gasp comes when crucified.
(d) The space between a person and their clothes, which allows them to lose their clothing in an airline disaster.

4. What were the results of Le Grande's tests?
(a) The 30-caliber rifle was deadlier than the 45.
(b) The 45-caliber rifle was more effective than the 30.
(c) The 30-caliber rifle was more effective than the 45.
(d) The test was inconclusive.

5. What was Lowden not allowed to do?
(a) Shoot livestock.
(b) Retrieve bullets from war dead.
(c) Shoot cadavers.
(d) Implant bullets surgically.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary Roach say is the least acceptable thing you can do with a cadaver?

2. What does the size of a temporary stretch cavity correlate to?

3. What is objectification, according to Mary Roach?

4. What did Dr. Duncan McDougal try to measure?

5. What kind of impact does UM006 suffer?

(see the answer key)

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