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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Eat Me.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which mummies were supposed to be best?
(a) Bodies that died peacefully.
(b) Bodies that died violently.
(c) Bodies that died suddenly.
(d) Bodies of philosopher kings.

2. What did Dr. Pierre Barbet focus on in the Shroud?
(a) Symbols in the stains.
(b) A hole.
(c) A figure in the cloth.
(d) A split flow of blood.

3. How do resident surgeons treat cadavers, in Mary Roach's account?
(a) Respectfully.
(b) Irreverently.
(c) Contemptuously.
(d) With morbid humor.

4. How often do families renege on their consent, according to Mike Walsh?
(a) Hardly ever.
(b) All the time.
(c) Often.
(d) Not very often.

5. What did Robert White have some success with?
(a) Transplanting monkey heads.
(b) Transplanting dog hearts.
(c) Transplanting dog heads.
(d) Transplanting human heads.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Theresa, the attendant, say she copes with working with cadavers?

2. What is Roach's preliminary conclusion about using cadavers for training?

3. What does Mike Walsh say he typically tells families?

4. Where did blood or body parts come from when they were sold for medicinal purposes?

5. How did Barbet test his skepticism?

(see the answer key)

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