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

2. What was Barbet skeptical about?
(a) The ability of a crucified person to reposition himself.
(b) The blood patterns on the Shroud of Turin.
(c) The weight-bearing ability of a nail through the palm.
(d) The notion that crucifixion kills a man by asphyxiation.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was surprise supposed to have done to a body before death?

2. How did Barbet test his theory?

3. What did Frederick Zugibe test?

4. What, in Robert White's experience, slows cellular damage to the dead brain?

5. Why does Mary Roach decide not decide to give her body to The University of New Mexico?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Frederick Zugibe's test and his conclusion?

2. What is plastination?

3. What does Mary Roach say she wants to become if she donates her body?

4. What does Mary Roach say she ultimately wants to do with her body?

5. What did Duncan McDougal try to measure?

6. What test did French physician Brown-Sequard perform?

7. What is a mellified man?

8. What process is Wiigh-Masak advocating in Sweden?

9. Which were the best mummies for medicinal uses?

10. Describe the procedure in which H was opened.

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