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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 would Sir Astley Cooper have dug up?
(a) His former patients.
(b) His old friends.
(c) His former professors.
(d) His enemies.

2. How were Civil War soldiers treated when they died, in Mary Roach's account?
(a) They were shipped home and buried.
(b) They were mummified and collected.
(c) They were buried in Arlington.
(d) They were buried where they fell.

3. What did Thomas Holmes perfect?
(a) Mortuary science.
(b) Embalming.
(c) Revitalization.
(d) Resurrection.

4. What was Marlene DeMaio using cadavers to test?
(a) Boots.
(b) Body armor.
(c) Bullet-proof vests.
(d) Helmets.

5. What position is UM006 placed in for the study?
(a) Lying down.
(b) Sprawling.
(c) Fetal.
(d) Driving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the passengers' burns rule out for Shanahan?

2. Who is Dennis Shanahan?

3. Why did La Garde have difficulty stopping the Moro tribesmen in battle, in Mary Roach's account?

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

5. How were early anatomists supposed to dispose of human remains?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the advantage of practicing surgery on a cadaver?

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

3. When did injury analysis begin?

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

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

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

7. What are the three stages of decay, as Mary Roach describes them?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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