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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. What does the size of a temporary stretch cavity correlate to?
(a) The bigger the cavity, the deadlier the bullet.
(b) The bigger the cavity, the greater the stopping power.
(c) The smaller the cavity, the deeper the wound.
(d) The smaller the cavity, the greater the psychological impact of the shot.

2. Why did La Garde have difficulty stopping the Moro tribesmen in battle, in Mary Roach's account?
(a) Because the Moro tribesmen had inured themselves to pain in their initiation rites.
(b) Because they were fighting for their culture's life, and refused to retreat.
(c) Because they were small targets, and the terrain was full of brush to deflect bullets.
(d) Because they did not know what guns were, and did not know they were shot.

3. How does Mary Roach describe the smell of death?
(a) Heady and unlike anything else.
(b) Nauseating and sharp.
(c) Sweet and cloying.
(d) Bitter and rough.

4. What were the results of Le Grande's tests?
(a) The test was inconclusive.
(b) The 45-caliber rifle was more effective than the 30.
(c) The 30-caliber rifle was more effective than the 45.
(d) The 30-caliber rifle was deadlier than the 45.

5. What does Mary Roach say patients at teaching hospitals would get, before 1800?
(a) Unnecessary procedures.
(b) To watch surgeries.
(c) Large charges for small procedures.
(d) Money for undergoing surgery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mary Roach touched by at the event at UCSF?

2. How often do families renege on their consent, according to Mike Walsh?

3. Why was it hard for Shanahan to investigate the crash of TWA Flight 800?

4. Who did the 'father of anatomy' dissect?

5. How does Mary Roach characterize the third stage of decay in a cadaver?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did dissections of cadavers begin?

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

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

4. How does Mary Roach say that the British circumvent consent laws for using cadavers for research or training?

5. What does Mary Roach say was the practice with dead soldiers in the Civil War?

6. What did Thomas Holmes do?

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

8. What was Sir Astley Cooper's stance on using cadavers in training?

9. What projects has the military used cadavers for, in Mary Roach's account?

10. How does Mary Roach describe the memorial service for unnamed cadavers at UCSF?

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