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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. Who is Kevin McCabe?

2. How does Mary Roach say the modern medical community feels about the definition of death as brain death?

3. What kind of mummies were sold in 18th century Alexandria?

4. What was George Hay's 1888 proposal for human remains?

5. When did McDougal perform his experiments?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Which were the best mummies for medicinal uses?

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

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

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

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

9. What process is Wiigh-Masak advocating in Sweden?

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

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

How has the practice of burying the dead changed in the recent past, as people have become more aware of their influence on the environment?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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