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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 Hugh Patterson of UCSF say about having arranged to donate his body to science?
(a) He will keep teaching in death.
(b) He will extend his contribution to humanity a little longer.
(c) He will live in more people's memories.
(d) He will get the most mileage out of his body.

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

3. What are brains in brain banks kept in?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Acetone.
(c) Formaldehyde.
(d) Freezer bags.

4. Where did blood or body parts come from when they were sold for medicinal purposes?
(a) Children.
(b) Animals.
(c) Convicts.
(d) Family members.

5. What did attempts to determine death typically entail, before modern science?
(a) Detecting a heartbeat.
(b) Inflicting pain.
(c) Measuring brain activity.
(d) Detecting breathing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had American Philip Backman developed a technique for?

2. What did people believe they might do with severed heads?

3. What did Legallois argue might bring a severed head back to consciousness?

4. What does Mary Roach go to Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital to explore?

5. What phenomenon gave many false cures legitimacy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Duncan McDougal try to measure?

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

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

4. How did Barbet test the strength of the palms for holding up a person's weight?

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

6. What percentage of cadavers donated to science become anatomy lab dissections?

7. Who typically sold body parts, and for what purposes?

8. Describe the procedure in which H was opened.

9. What was Father Armailhac's request for scientific study?

10. What part of the history of cremation does Mary Roach describe?

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