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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. When did McDougal perform his experiments?

2. What replaces water in tissue in plastination?

3. Why does Mary Roach decide not decide to give her body to The University of New Mexico?

4. What was Barbet skeptical about?

5. What is the result of water reduction?

Short Essay Questions

1. What part of the history of cremation does Mary Roach describe?

2. What does Mary Roach say she wants to become if she donates her body?

3. What is the accepted standard for death in the medical community, according to Mary Roach?

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

5. Describe the procedure in which H was opened.

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

7. What did Duncan McDougal try to measure?

8. Which were the best mummies for medicinal uses?

9. Who typically sold body parts, and for what purposes?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

If you could eliminate one question or technique that has arisen out of modern science and technology regarding the treatment of cadavers, what would it be, and why?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

How does Mary Roach use voice and tone to probe into and back away from the complexities surrounding cadavers? What are her primary tones, and how does she modulate them to handle different emotional situations?

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