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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 did Frederick Zugibe test?

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

3. What did Frederick Zugibe say about Dr. Pierre Barbet's work?

4. Why were skeletons no longer procured from there?

5. What replaces water in tissue in plastination?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How effective is Mary Roach in presenting the controversy surrounding cadaver use? What techniques does she use? Does she give both sides of an issue? How does she use reason or emotions or humor?

Essay Topic 2

How would you characterize Mary Roach's intellect, in regard to how she navigates this challenging and sensitive topic? What kind of a person is she, and how do you think she would handle other challenging situations or topics?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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