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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. What experience supported the claim of the man who claimed to end the belief that severed heads remained conscious?
(a) Managing a surgery.
(b) Executing prisoners.
(c) Working in a geriatric ward.
(d) Overseeing executions during the Reign of Terror.

2. What animals did investigators use to determine cause of death in the British Comet crashes?
(a) Apes.
(b) Human cadavers.
(c) Live human convicts.
(d) Guinea pigs.

3. What do students at the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science stuff cadavers' eyes with?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Wool.
(c) Internal organs.
(d) Stuffing.

4. When does 'human wreckage' become useful to an investigation?
(a) When investigators are trying to distinguish between structural failure and bombs in airplanes.
(b) When an airplane's black box is not conclusive or missing.
(c) When ships sink and human remains float.
(d) When investigators are looking for evidence of explosives in buildings.

5. What causes bloat in cadavers?
(a) Bacteria digesting internal organs.
(b) Maggots.
(c) Release of stomach gases.
(d) Tissue decomposition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of bodies donated to science are used for anatomy lab lessons?

2. What does UM006 fall onto?

3. When were mummies used medicinally?

4. What is Roach's preliminary conclusion about using cadavers for training?

5. What did Frederick Zugibe test?

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