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

2. What do the students call the viscous liquid that comes from the cadaver's mouth?
(a) Purge.
(b) Overflow.
(c) Vomit.
(d) Liquid.

3. What kind of mummies were sold in 18th century Alexandria?
(a) Syrian.
(b) Ancient.
(c) Counterfeit.
(d) Recent.

4. How does the army avoid telling families what they use cadavers for?
(a) Prosecute anyone who discloses the nature of the research.
(b) Describe the research in general terms.
(c) Refuse to disclose anything.
(d) Deny any impropriety in advance.

5. What led Shanahan away from thinking that TWA Flight 800 was an explosion?
(a) Bodies were torn apart.
(b) Bodies were not burned.
(c) Bodies were not pierced by foreign objects.
(d) Bodies were not widely distributed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which organs were NOT being harvested from H?

2. What did attempts to determine death typically entail, before modern science?

3. What is a mellified man used for?

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

5. How does Mary Roach explain the results of Le Grande's tests?

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