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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. Which event happened first, in Shanahan's explanation of TWA Flight 800?

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

3. In what field are animals used almost exclusively?

4. What is a 'temporary stretch cavity'?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who was UM006, and what was he being used for?

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

5. Where did cadavers come from, in 18th century British surgeries?

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

7. Describe the procedure in which UM006 was used.

8. What did Thomas Holmes do?

9. What test was Captain Louis Le Garde ordered to perform in 1893?

10. What was the result of the test Le Garde performed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What pressing question in modern society could cadavers be used for now? Make a case--serious or humorous or irreverent--for where cadavers could bring value to modern society.

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

Americans are known for their technological optimism, that death can be defeated or overcome. What insight does Mary Roach's book give us into refusal to accept death?

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