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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did the 'father of anatomy' dissect?
(a) Executed criminals.
(b) Disinterred dead people.
(c) Unwilling victims.
(d) Live criminals.

2. What was Lowden threatened with if he fired upon cadaver legs?
(a) Defunding.
(b) Arrest.
(c) Discharge.
(d) Court martial.

3. How will a person's wounds tell a different story, according to Mary Roach's reading on pathology?
(a) Depending on how long it took for a ship to sink.
(b) Depending on whether the person was one of the first to be impacted in a crash.
(c) Depending on whether a plane was bombed or simply crashed.
(d) Depending on where they sat in a plane.

4. What has resulted from car safety studies with cadavers, according to Mary Roach?
(a) Safer tires.
(b) Safer doors.
(c) Roll bars.
(d) Safer windshields.

5. What do the students call the viscous liquid that comes from the cadaver's mouth?
(a) Liquid.
(b) Vomit.
(c) Overflow.
(d) Purge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals did investigators use to determine cause of death in the British Comet crashes?

2. How does Mary Roach describe the smell of death?

3. Why does Duncan McPherson of the LA Police Department believe people fall down when shot?

4. What was Lowden not allowed to do?

5. Why are animals used exclusively?

Short Essay Questions

1. What part of the embalming procedure did Mary Roach witness?

2. Why does Dennis Tobin say people fall down when shot?

3. When did dissections of cadavers begin?

4. What were Shanahan's conclusions about the cause of the Flight 800 disaster?

5. Describe the procedure in which UM006 was used.

6. How does consent figure in the use of cadavers for medical training?

7. Why was TWA Flight 800 so emotional for Shanahan?

8. What kinds of things does Mary Roach say have resulted from tests like the one on UM006?

9. Where did surgeons used to learn their techniques before they used cadavers?

10. What test was Captain Louis Le Garde ordered to perform in 1893?

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