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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. How does Mary Roach characterize the brain?

2. What state is H in when she arrives at UCSF medical center?

3. When did McDougal perform his experiments?

4. What is a mellified man used for?

5. What did father Armaillhac want to prove about the Shroud of Turin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Mary Roach say she ultimately wants to do with her body?

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

5. What was H being used for at the UCSF Medical Center when Mary Roach was observing?

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

7. What belief did Georges Martin try to debunk?

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

9. What did Dr. Robert White do with a monkey brain, and what was Mary Roach's question for Dr. Robert White?

10. Describe the procedure in which H was opened.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is the primary audience for Mary Roach's book? Who is she writing for? Whose questions is she answering?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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