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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Beyond the Black Box.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were surgeons promoted before the 1800s?
(a) By seniority.
(b) By lottery.
(c) By nepotism.
(d) By merit.

2. What did dummies prove to investigators?
(a) That bodies will show irrefutable signs in case of explosions.
(b) That impact from long falls does not fragment a body.
(c) That clothing is knocked off in long falls.
(d) That long falls would be fatal before impact.

3. When did injury analysis begin?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1968.

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

5. What was Mary Roach surprised to learn about surgery?
(a) Sometimes practice cadavers are reclaimed by their families after training surgery.
(b) Most surgeons learn new things even in live surgeries.
(c) Most surgeries are done by interns.
(d) Most cases of malpractice come from surgery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shanahan use as a gauge of a disaster?

2. Why was it hard for Shanahan to investigate the crash of TWA Flight 800?

3. Why is Shanahan not afraid of air travel?

4. How does Shanahan cope with his work?

5. What evidence does Shanahan use to come to this conclusion?

(see the answer key)

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