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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Remains of the Author.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did injury analysis begin?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1988.

2. Which event happened first, in Shanahan's explanation of TWA Flight 800?
(a) Fire swept through the cabin.
(b) Gas was ignited by frayed wiring.
(c) Passengers were pulled from their seats.
(d) Passengers were thrown from the plane.

3. The University of Tennessee Medical Center is the home to the only facility that does what?
(a) Return stolen cadavers to their graves.
(b) Trade in cadaver tissues.
(c) Field research on human body decay.
(d) Cadaver reanimation.

4. Why, in Mary Roach's account, is cadaver research compelling?
(a) Cadavers are the best stand-ins for actual human beings.
(b) Cadavers can be studied in invasive ways that live subjects cannot.
(c) Cadavers can withstand lethal forces without consequences.
(d) Cadavers are cheaper to work with than people.

5. What other advantage does Marliena Marignani say comes from working on cadavers?
(a) The flesh is firmer.
(b) They afford greater visibility.
(c) She can concentrate on the surgery without all the machines, anesthesiologists and nurses around.
(d) There is no risk of injuring the patient's health.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was conspicuously absent from the event Mary Roach attended at UCSF?

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

3. Who ended the belief in severed head consciousness?

4. Who is Hugh Patterson?

5. What is a mellified man used for?

(see the answer key)

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