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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. What do researchers monitor at the University of Tennessee?

2. Why are animals used exclusively?

3. What did Thomas Holmes perfect?

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

5. What is a 'temporary stretch cavity'?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Sir Astley Cooper's stance on using cadavers in training?

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

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

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

5. Describe the procedure in which UM006 was used.

6. What kinds of incidents does Dennis Shanahan investigate?

7. What is the advantage of practicing surgery on a cadaver?

8. What cases does Mary Roach describe in which people murdered others in order to sell their bodies to surgeons?

9. How does Mary Roach say that the British circumvent consent laws for using cadavers for research or training?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which use of cadavers is most objectionable, in your perspective? Make an argument for one of the uses Mary Roach describes in 'Stiff'.

Essay Topic 2

What techniques does Mary Roach use for keeping you interested as a reader? Is there an arc to this book? Does it build in intensity? Does it wander? How much did you, as a reader, have to work to remain interested and attentive?

Essay Topic 3

How would you characterize Mary Roach's religious views and sensibility? What do you think are her religious beliefs, based on the book?

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