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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phenomenon gave many false cures legitimacy?
(a) Many cures included alcohol, which has a salutary effect.
(b) A great number of conditions are stress related.
(c) Maladies go away on their own.
(d) The placebo effect.

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

3. When did Father Armaillhac subject the Shroud of Turin to scientific study?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1896.

4. When were mummies used medicinally?
(a) 8th - 6th centuries BCE.
(b) 4th - 8th centuries AD.
(c) 16th - 18th centuries AD.
(d) 8th - 12th centuries AD.

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

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

7. When was the first crematory built?
(a) 1874.
(b) 1827.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1942.

8. When did McDougal perform his experiments?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1826.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1980.

9. What was the measure of death before brain death was understood?
(a) Absence of breathing.
(b) Absence of a heartbeat.
(c) Absence of brain activity.
(d) A coma that lasted more than six months.

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

11. What was surprise supposed to have done to a body before death?
(a) Drive out demons.
(b) Concentrate the spirits.
(c) Purge the spirit.
(d) Activate the spirit.

12. What does Mary Roach say funeral reform was driven by?
(a) Utilitarianism.
(b) Big business.
(c) Religion.
(d) Government regulation.

13. What is anastomosis?
(a) The technique for infusing the brain with oxygen.
(b) The technique for joining vessels without leaks.
(c) The technique for infusing severed heads with blood.
(d) The technique for drawing thoughts out of nerve synapses.

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

15. Who is Kevin McCabe?
(a) A researcher at Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
(b) A funeral home owner.
(c) A farmer.
(d) Another writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ingredient is used in water reduction?

2. What was George Hay's 1888 proposal for human remains?

3. Which organs were NOT being harvested from H?

4. What did Dr. Duncan McDougal try to measure?

5. What was Mary Roach dismayed to find out about brains in the brain bank?

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