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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which organs were NOT being harvested from H?
(a) Liver.
(b) Eyes.
(c) Kidneys.
(d) Heart.

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

4. How long until a mellified man can be put to use?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 1 year.

5. What, in Robert White's experience, slows cellular damage to the dead brain?
(a) Oxygen.
(b) Cooling.
(c) Heating.
(d) Nitrogen.

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

7. What does the surgeon use to open H's chest?
(a) A saw.
(b) A knife.
(c) A laser.
(d) A cauterizing wand.

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

9. What percentage of bodies donated to science are used for anatomy lab lessons?
(a) 40%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 20%.

10. What is a mellified man used for?
(a) Topical application for wounded limbs.
(b) Spiritual uses.
(c) Acne.
(d) Gastric disorders.

11. What did Jean Baptiste Vincent Laborde attempt?
(a) Infusing blood into severed heads.
(b) Making a severed head blink.
(c) Electrifying severed heads.
(d) Measuring the decrease of electrical activity in a severed head.

12. What was the original advantage of cremation when it was first advocated?
(a) More efficient.
(b) Sterile.
(c) Less pollution.
(d) Cheaper.

13. What replaces water in tissue in plastination?
(a) Gas.
(b) Polymer.
(c) Acetone.
(d) Oxygen.

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

15. What did Mary Roach struggle with when she saw H?
(a) Sadness over H's death.
(b) The fact that she had been murdered.
(c) The fact that she was being used for parts.
(d) The notion that she was dead.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sign ultimately showed doctors and families that a person was dead?

3. What kind of properties does Mary Roach say menstrual blood was thought to have?

4. How does Mary Roach characterize the brain?

5. What almost prevented cremation from getting off the ground?

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