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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Dead Man Driving.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what field are animals used almost exclusively?
(a) Pediatric studies.
(b) Geriatric studies.
(c) High-speed impact studies.
(d) Decomposition studies.

2. Whom does Mary Roach say British surgeons began to dissect, when cadaver supply ran low?
(a) Their students.
(b) Their dead relatives.
(c) Animals.
(d) Street people.

3. Who did the 'father of anatomy' dissect?
(a) Executed criminals.
(b) Live criminals.
(c) Unwilling victims.
(d) Disinterred dead people.

4. Who is Hugh Patterson?
(a) The head of the willed body program of UCSF Medical School.
(b) A surgeon.
(c) A writer.
(d) A cadaver.

5. How does Mary Roach characterize the third stage of decay in a cadaver?
(a) Persistence of putrescent odor.
(b) Bloat with large numbers of maggots.
(c) Skin sloughing off, with maggots beneath the surface.
(d) Liquidation of internal organs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mary Roach characterize the first stage of decay in a cadaver?

2. The University of Tennessee Medical Center is the home to the only facility that does what?

3. What is objectification, according to Mary Roach?

4. What was Mary Roach surprised to learn about surgery?

5. What did participants take turns doing at the event Mary Roach attended at UCSF?

(see the answer key)

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