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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 was Destot's space?

2. What does Hugh Patterson of UCSF say about having arranged to donate his body to science?

3. How does Mary Roach describe plasticized organs?

4. What had American Philip Backman developed a technique for?

5. What was Barbet skeptical about?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Frederick Zugibe's test and his conclusion?

4. Which were the best mummies for medicinal uses?

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

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

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

8. Who was Dr. Joseph Guillotin and what was his opinion about the ethics of decapitation as a method of execution?

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

10. What is a mellified man?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

What is the fascination in books like Mary Roach's, and TV shows like Bones or Crime Scene Investigators--what questions or interests are they tapping into in their audiences? Is it the living drama of the people performing the investigations, or the investigations themselves that create the interest?

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