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

2. What do students at the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science stuff cadavers' eyes with?
(a) Wool.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Internal organs.
(d) Stuffing.

3. What do researchers measure by creating typical scenarios?
(a) Time of death.
(b) The deceased's health at death.
(c) Cause of death.
(d) Age of the deceased.

4. Who would Sir Astley Cooper have dug up?
(a) His enemies.
(b) His former patients.
(c) His former professors.
(d) His old friends.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What pushes the viscous liquid up the cadaver's windpipe, in the case of the 75-year-old man Mary Roach saw students preparing at the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science?

2. Who did Robert Knox buy corpses from?

3. Laws prevented people from stealing what from graves?

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

5. What is objectification, according to Mary Roach?

(see the answer key)

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