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

3. What state is H in when she arrives at UCSF medical center?
(a) Dead for days.
(b) Dead for hours.
(c) Living.
(d) Brain dead.

4. What was Mary Roach dismayed to find out about brains in the brain bank?
(a) They are typically studied by undergraduates.
(b) They are not kept in jars in formaldehyde.
(c) They are fed to animals when they are ultimately disposed of.
(d) They become indistinguishable from one another.

5. What was Barbet skeptical about?
(a) The ability of a crucified person to reposition himself.
(b) The weight-bearing ability of a nail through the palm.
(c) The blood patterns on the Shroud of Turin.
(d) The notion that crucifixion kills a man by asphyxiation.

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

7. What did Dr. Joseph Ignace Guillotin say about the guillotine?
(a) It was a model of modern efficiency.
(b) It was the most modern way to execute someone.
(c) It was the least painful form of execution.
(d) It was inhumane.

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

9. How does Mary Roach say the modern medical community feels about the definition of death as brain death?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Fractious.
(c) Unequivocal.
(d) Partisan.

10. How does Mary Roach describe plasticized organs?
(a) Strangely textured.
(b) Colorful.
(c) Odorless.
(d) Lightweight.

11. Which mummies were supposed to be best?
(a) Bodies that died violently.
(b) Bodies that died peacefully.
(c) Bodies that died suddenly.
(d) Bodies of philosopher kings.

12. What was Destot's space?
(a) The space from which a person's last gasp comes when crucified.
(b) The space between a person and their clothes, which allows them to lose their clothing in an airline disaster.
(c) The place in the wrist where a nail could support a person's weight.
(d) The area around the facial features in the Shroud of Turin.

13. Where does Mary Roach say medical school skeletons used to come from?
(a) China.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Calcutta.

14. What does Mary Roach say, in commenting on Frederick Zugibe's work, is the highest office?
(a) Spreading religion.
(b) Relieving pain.
(c) Spreading democracy.
(d) Having faith.

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