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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. Perez and Narcisco were found guilty of what?
2. What does the group find has happened to Kennedy's brain?
3. What was the verdict in the Andre case?
4. What was missing from the body of the bishop on Flight 66?
5. What does Baden claim happens at the site of an accident?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain why Baden believes people go into particular medical professions.
2. Describe the People vs. Levine case. What was the case, and why did Baden fail to do as he was asked by the DA?
3. What does Baden note in Chapter One is the price of fame when a celebrity dies, and why?
4. Discuss the symptoms of strychnine.
5. Describe the event in Oklahoma that caused the state to create an office of medical examiner.
6. Explain Baden's experience of the convergence of hospital medicine and the morgue, and why the event had an impact on him.
7. Explain how the body of Theresa Ferrara was identified and why there were different strands of hair on her torso.
8. Explain how Baden discovered the age, time of death, and identity of Katherine Howard.
9. Explain how ricin came into fame in 1978.
10. Describe how Baden explains why the father of the female drug addict in Chapter Two has little emotion.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 1 of the book, Baden discusses the concept of celebrity death, and the effect of a flawed autopsy on the perception of foul play surrounding the death. Do you think conspiracy theories are derived from the life of the celebrity, or the circumstances surrounding their death, or both? Why? What aspects of life or death help frame a conspiracy theory following death? Why do some celebrities suffer such beliefs after their death and some do not? Based on this, do you think forensic science can have an effect on these ideas? Why or why not? What does this say about forensic science?
Essay Topic 2
There are several cases in the book where individuals take part in the death of another person, but are determined to be innocent of wrongdoing. These cases include the case of Daphne Mellon, the doctor and nurse in Chapter 10, and the Sutton Place banker, Robert. Choose one of these cases, and discuss the following:
1.) What was the cause of death for the victim?
2.) What were the circumstances surrounding their death?
3.) Why was no one convicted of their murder?
4.) Do you think that the person(s) involved in the victim's death should have been brought to trial? Why or why not? What is the difference between your chosen case, and the case of Cathy Smith, who served time for giving John Belushi his last drug injection? Why was she brought to justice, but the people in your chosen case were not? What does this say about the current system?
Be sure to go into specific detail about why these deaths were considered accidents, even though someone else was present, or contributed to the death.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 4, Baden discusses the history of the office of the medical examiner. In detail, discuss this history. How did the position begin in the reign of King Richard I? What was the position like by the eighteenth century? What event began to change the view of this position, according to Scotland Yard? What began to happen by the French Revolution? How was the position seen in the colonies? What was the view of the ME by the early nineteenth century? What is the current view? Be sure to list details from the book in your discussion.
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