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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does neurologist Dennis Tobin believe people fall down when shot?

2. What kind of resistance did DeMaio meet over using cadavers, according to Mary Roach?

3. Where did 18th-century British schools get their cadavers?

4. What evidence does Shanahan use to come to this conclusion?

5. What was Lowden threatened with if he fired upon cadaver legs?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mary Roach say cadavers were treated in early dissections?

2. How does Mary Roach describe the smell of dead bodies?

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

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

5. Describe the procedure in which UM006 was used.

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

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

8. What kinds of incidents does Dennis Shanahan investigate?

9. Why does Duncan McPherson say people fall down when shot?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Mary Roach's relationship with the experts she consults with? What authority does her status as 'writer' give her on the question of cadavers and dead bodies? Does she have more or less authority than certain experts? What could she do with the authority she gained by writing the book?

Essay Topic 2

Having read 'Stiff', would you give your body to science? Explain why or why not. Would you stipulate what kinds of uses your body could or could not be put to?

Essay Topic 3

How effective is Mary Roach in presenting the controversy surrounding cadaver use? What techniques does she use? Does she give both sides of an issue? How does she use reason or emotions or humor?

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