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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 does Mary Roach say patients were better off ignoring doctors' advice?

2. What are brains in brain banks kept in?

3. What did Legallois argue might bring a severed head back to consciousness?

4. How does Mary Roach characterize the brain?

5. What was the original advantage of cremation when it was first advocated?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What belief did Georges Martin try to debunk?

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

5. What is plastination?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How has the ability to decide the moment of death affected modern society? Cite a case from the news or from personal experience, in which there was contention over when a person could be considered dead.

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