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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Crimes of Anatomy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marliena Marignani say is the advantage of working on cadavers?
(a) They cannot sue for malpractice.
(b) They do not bleed.
(c) They let you try the procedure over and over again.
(d) She does not have to interact with them.

2. What does surgeon Marliena Marignani find difficult to work with?
(a) Faces.
(b) Feet.
(c) Torsos.
(d) Hands.

3. What class does Mary Roach attend in order to talk with surgeons who worked on decapitated heads?
(a) Wound repair.
(b) Brain trauma.
(c) Blunt force damage.
(d) Face lift refresher.

4. Who does Mary Roach say was often in attendance at surgeries?
(a) Artists.
(b) Audiences.
(c) Policemen.
(d) Scientists.

5. What other advantage does Marliena Marignani say comes from working on cadavers?
(a) She can concentrate on the surgery without all the machines, anesthesiologists and nurses around.
(b) There is no risk of injuring the patient's health.
(c) They afford greater visibility.
(d) The flesh is firmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary Roach say patients at teaching hospitals would get, before 1800?

2. What does objectification provide surgeons with, in Mary Roach's account?

3. How much access do most hospitals have to cadavers to work on?

4. Who is Hugh Patterson?

5. What were people called who stole bodies to sell them to scientists?

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