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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 does the author note about the competency of natural death autopsies?
(a) They are usually done competently.
(b) They are never done competently.
(c) They are always done incompetently.
(d) They are always done competently.

2. How long did it take Baden's wrongful dismissal suit to go to trial?
(a) Five years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Two years.
(d) One year.

3. What group was set up in 1977 to help explain the Kennedy assassination?
(a) The Board of Presidential Death.
(b) The CIA.
(c) The Federal Investigative Bureau.
(d) The Select Committee on Assassinations.

4. Who was the first victim on which autopsy was performed in a murder investigation?
(a) George Harlington.
(b) Janet Robinson.
(c) Samuell Yeoungman.
(d) Francis Carpenter.

5. What are signs of strangulation?
(a) A fractured windpipe and hemorrhaging in the eye.
(b) A fractured windpipe and hemorrhaging in the nose.
(c) A fractured windpipe and hemorrhaging in the lungs.
(d) A fractured windpipe and hemorrhaging in the feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Two, what actually caused the death of the man being autopsied in fear of small pox?

2. What case does Baden believe was a triumph for forensic medicine in 1910?

3. What did Humes do with his original notes from the autopsy?

4. How often could autopsies be performed in Massachusetts?

5. How did Furue claim he matched the bones to the missing person list?

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