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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. What did Frederick Zugibe say about Dr. Pierre Barbet's work?
(a) That he had used the wrong chemicals in his analysis.
(b) That he had incorrectly located Destot's place.
(c) That tests in which live people are strapped to crosses are ineffective.
(d) That he had been unethical in his use of cadavers.

2. What are researchers trying to determine by studying impacts?
(a) How to prevent side-impact injuries.
(b) How rescue techniques can save lives.
(c) How to design helmets.
(d) How much force a soldier can withstand.

3. Why did La Garde have difficulty stopping the Moro tribesmen in battle, in Mary Roach's account?
(a) Because they were small targets, and the terrain was full of brush to deflect bullets.
(b) Because they did not know what guns were, and did not know they were shot.
(c) Because the Moro tribesmen had inured themselves to pain in their initiation rites.
(d) Because they were fighting for their culture's life, and refused to retreat.

4. What was Lowden threatened with if he fired upon cadaver legs?
(a) Arrest.
(b) Defunding.
(c) Discharge.
(d) Court martial.

5. Who permitted anatomists to cut open executed criminals, in Mary Roach's account?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) Alcibiades.
(c) Ptolemy I.
(d) Nero.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do researchers monitor at the University of Tennessee?

2. How does Mary Roach explain the results of Le Grande's tests?

3. Who is UM006?

4. What did Frederick Zugibe test?

5. What did the army hope for the 30-caliber rifle?

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