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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 is the advantage of water reduction?
(a) Faster and less resource intensive than burial.
(b) Cheaper and cleaner than cremation.
(c) Ability to dissolve large animal bodies quickly.
(d) Fewer environmental consequences than cremation.

2. How did Barbet test his skepticism?
(a) He performed a chemical analysis of the Shroud of Turin.
(b) He attached weights to amputated arms to see how much a nail could hold.
(c) He crucified monkeys and other animals.
(d) He strapped volunteers to crosses to see how much movement they could make.

3. What is the result of water reduction?
(a) Shorter periods of bloat in decomposition.
(b) Sterile liquid.
(c) Tissue that does not decompose quickly.
(d) Preserved tissue.

4. What did Dr. Pierre Barbet focus on in the Shroud?
(a) A figure in the cloth.
(b) A split flow of blood.
(c) Symbols in the stains.
(d) A hole.

5. What percentage of bodies donated to science are used for anatomy lab lessons?
(a) 60%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 40%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What replaces water in tissue in plastination?

2. Which mummies were supposed to be best?

3. What was Mary Roach dismayed to find out about brains in the brain bank?

4. What is a mellified man used for?

5. What does Mary Roach decide about disposing of her remains?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Pierre Barbet's conclusion about Armailhac's request?

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

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

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

5. What is the accepted standard for death in the medical community, according to Mary Roach?

6. What does Mary Roach find is the Catholic perspective on composting human remains?

7. How are animals disposed of at Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, in Mary Roach's account?

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

9. What is plastination?

10. What practice came from experiments from V. N. Shamov?

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