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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What punishment did Carl Coppolino receive for the murder of his wife?
(a) Twelve and one-half years in jail.
(b) The death penalty.
(c) A life sentence.
(d) Nothing; he was acquitted.

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

4. Who created Four Stages of Cruelty?
(a) Samuell Yeoungman.
(b) Janet Robinson.
(c) William Hogarth.
(d) George Harlington.

5. What fact about the 'magic' bullet does Baden point out that explains its ability to travel through more than one person?
(a) The bullet was specially made.
(b) The bullet was made with a full metal jacket.
(c) The bullet was not jacketed.
(d) The bullet was large.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Baden challenge the autopsy finding of the Lindberg baby?

2. Why did Baden not do an autopsy on Nelson Rockefeller?

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

4. What did Humes originally claim had happened to the bullet that went into Kennedy's back?

5. What disease does Humes purposefully leave out of the notes of the autopsy?

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