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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. Who would Sir Astley Cooper have dug up?
(a) His old friends.
(b) His enemies.
(c) His former professors.
(d) His former patients.

2. For how long after death can internal organs be identified?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) A month.
(c) A week.
(d) Three weeks.

3. What did Frederick Zugibe test?
(a) The chemistry of the Shroud of Turin.
(b) The ability of the wrist or hand to support a person's weight.
(c) The ability of crucified people to move.
(d) The stains a crucified person will make on a shroud.

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

5. What has resulted from car safety studies with cadavers, according to Mary Roach?
(a) Roll bars.
(b) Safer windshields.
(c) Safer doors.
(d) Safer tires.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Frederick Zugibe say about Dr. Pierre Barbet's work?

2. Why does Mary Roach decide not decide to give her body to The University of New Mexico?

3. What was the original advantage of cremation when it was first advocated?

4. Who was the 'father of anatomy'?

5. What is the purpose of acetone in the University of Michigan Medical School process that Mary Roach observes?

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