View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mary Roach explain the results of Le Grande's tests?
(a) Cadaver flesh registered bullet wounds differently than live people.
(b) Rifle shots knocked the cadavers over more easily than real people.
(c) It took more shots to knock cadavers over than real people in battle situations.
(d) Stopping power could not be judged on cadavers.

2. What did Dr. Duncan McDougal try to measure?
(a) The moment when the soul leaves the body.
(b) The smell of the soul.
(c) The weight of the soul.
(d) The shape and color of the soul.

3. What did Robert White have some success with?
(a) Transplanting dog hearts.
(b) Transplanting human heads.
(c) Transplanting monkey heads.
(d) Transplanting dog heads.

4. What was Mary Roach touched by at the event at UCSF?
(a) A demonstration on a cadaver.
(b) A tribute to a cadaver.
(c) A cadaver's apparent patience.
(d) A cadaver's family's satisfaction.

5. Who is Dennis Shanahan?
(a) An impact analyst.
(b) An injury analyst.
(c) A cadaver recruiter.
(d) A surgeon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What difficulty occurs when patients insist on experienced doctors?

3. What phenomenon gave many false cures legitimacy?

4. What are brains in brain banks kept in?

5. What is a mellified man used for?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 258 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample