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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 case does Baden believe was a triumph for forensic medicine in 1910?
(a) The Crippen murder case.
(b) The Triffin murder case.
(c) The William Hogarth case.
(d) The Jack the Ripper case.

2. What is algor mortis?
(a) A method to determine time of death that uses body color.
(b) A method to determine time of death that uses body decomposition.
(c) A method to determine time of death that uses body temperature.
(d) A method to determine time of death that uses body stiffness.

3. What does Baden find caused the death of the woman at the fund raising dinner?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Choking.
(d) Drug abuse.

4. What happened to the status of a coroner over time?
(a) There was no status.
(b) The status was lost.
(c) The status stayed the same.
(d) The status increased.

5. Why does Baden challenge the autopsy finding of the Lindberg baby?
(a) A fractured skull is not a true cause of death.
(b) The knife wounds did not match the murder weapon.
(c) The gunshot wound was too large to be from a .22.
(d) There was blood flowing the wrong direction on the body.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rule for jurisdiction when it comes to a dismembered body?

2. What is rigor mortis?

3. What does Baden note in Chapter Two always fascinated him?

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

5. Why does Baden believe Levine was convicted at all costs?

(see the answer key)

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