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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Holy Cadaver.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were Civil War soldiers treated when they died, in Mary Roach's account?
(a) They were buried in Arlington.
(b) They were mummified and collected.
(c) They were shipped home and buried.
(d) They were buried where they fell.

2. What was UM006 hit with?
(a) A pile of bricks.
(b) A car.
(c) A pipe.
(d) A linear impactor.

3. What did Dr. Barbet believe caused the formations he was interested in?
(a) The shroud being used for another purpose after Christ's crucifixion.
(b) Christ repositioning himself on the cross.
(c) The process of taking Christ down from the cross.
(d) The wound in Christ's side.

4. How often do families renege on their consent, according to Mike Walsh?
(a) Hardly ever.
(b) Not very often.
(c) All the time.
(d) Often.

5. The University of Tennessee Medical Center is the home to the only facility that does what?
(a) Cadaver reanimation.
(b) Trade in cadaver tissues.
(c) Field research on human body decay.
(d) Return stolen cadavers to their graves.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mary Roach describe the smell of death?

2. What was conspicuously absent from the event Mary Roach attended at UCSF?

3. What was Marlene DeMaio using cadavers to test?

4. How long does the bloat stage of decomposition last?

5. What does the size of a temporary stretch cavity correlate to?

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