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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sir Percival Pott link with scrotum cancer, as a result of his work in autopsy?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Being a chimney sweep.
(c) Being a sewage worker.
(d) Drinking.

2. What does Baden believe is the true cause of Thomas Noguchi's move to a teaching position?
(a) He stole from the office.
(b) He did work for other counties.
(c) He leaked that alcoholism was the cause of death for Frank Sinatra.
(d) He leaked that alcoholism was the cause of death for William Holden.

3. If the primary method of identification is not available, what is the second type used?
(a) Family identification.
(b) Bone scans.
(c) Dental records.
(d) ID Tags.

4. What did Baden give to the biologist that allowed him to give a time of death for the 55 year old woman of at least a year and a half?
(a) Water.
(b) Blood.
(c) Algae.
(d) Fish samples.

5. How did Furue claim he matched the bones to the missing person list?
(a) By finding scarring to match old Xrays.
(b) By examining the bones to determine ethnicity.
(c) By examining the bones to determine height, weight, and age.
(d) By locating implants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event forced Scotland Yard to begin examining the role of the coroner?

2. What happened in St. Louis in 1973 that hindered MIA investigations?

3. What did William Hare and William Burke do to obtain bodies to sell?

4. What happened to the status of a coroner over time?

5. Why did Baden fail to change the cause of death on the Soman case?

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