Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Test | Final Test - Easy

Mary Roach
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Test | Final Test - Easy

Mary Roach
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of mummies were sold in 18th century Alexandria?
(a) Ancient.
(b) Counterfeit.
(c) Syrian.
(d) Recent.

2. What fear did people have before modern science clarified brain death?
(a) Being buried alive.
(b) Having limbs and organs removed.
(c) Being used in ballistics tests.
(d) Being used for scientific experimentation.

3. What did Dr. Pierre Barbet focus on in the Shroud?
(a) A hole.
(b) A figure in the cloth.
(c) Symbols in the stains.
(d) A split flow of blood.

4. What ingredient is used in water reduction?
(a) Oxygen.
(b) Polymers.
(c) Lye.
(d) Acid.

5. What was Frederick Zugibe's conclusion?
(a) That the second stream was from washing a wound.
(b) That the Shroud was a forgery.
(c) That the original stream was not from Christ repositioning himself.
(d) That the stains were not authentic.

6. What did Frederick Zugibe say about Dr. Pierre Barbet's work?
(a) That he had incorrectly located Destot's place.
(b) That he had been unethical in his use of cadavers.
(c) That he had used the wrong chemicals in his analysis.
(d) That tests in which live people are strapped to crosses are ineffective.

7. What did attempts to determine death typically entail, before modern science?
(a) Detecting breathing.
(b) Detecting a heartbeat.
(c) Inflicting pain.
(d) Measuring brain activity.

8. What does Mary Roach go to Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital to explore?
(a) How animal bodies' death was defined.
(b) How animal bodies were disposed of.
(c) How animal bodies were used for tests.
(d) How animal bodies were used as food for other animals.

9. What almost prevented cremation from getting off the ground?
(a) Ties to Catholicism.
(b) Laws governing disposal of human remains.
(c) The personalities of the people who ran it.
(d) The sense of secularism.

10. Why were skeletons no longer procured from there?
(a) Because regulations were imposed on shipping human remains.
(b) Because human rights groups objected.
(c) Because the packing and labeling practices were poor.
(d) Authorities found out that children were being murdered for the trade.

11. How does Mary Roach characterize the brain?
(a) As the heart of the soul.
(b) As the last thing to die.
(c) As the seat of consciousness.
(d) As the location of the soul.

12. When does Mary Roach say patients were better off ignoring doctors' advice?
(a) When advised to be bled.
(b) When advised to eat their own flesh.
(c) When advised to eat excrement.
(d) When advised to use ancestors for medicines.

13. How did Barbet test his theory?
(a) By crucifying a cadaver.
(b) By laying Shrouds over a number of cadavers.
(c) By hanging weights on cadavers on crosses.
(d) By strapping volunteers to crosses.

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

15. What kind of properties does Mary Roach say menstrual blood was thought to have?
(a) Enervating.
(b) Fertilizing.
(c) Preventative.
(d) Curative.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mary Roach describe the possibility of testing for consciousness in severed heads?

2. What did Robert White have some success with?

3. What did Dr. Barbet believe caused the formations he was interested in?

4. What does Mary Roach say funeral reform was driven by?

5. What does the intensive care unit (ICU) staff do for H?

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