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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the advantage of water reduction?
(a) Cheaper and cleaner than cremation.
(b) Fewer environmental consequences than cremation.
(c) Ability to dissolve large animal bodies quickly.
(d) Faster and less resource intensive than burial.

2. What did father Armaillhac want to prove about the Shroud of Turin?
(a) That it was a forgery.
(b) That it was not the burial cloth of Christ.
(c) That it was of recent origin.
(d) That it was the burial cloth of Christ.

3. Which organs were NOT being harvested from H?
(a) Liver.
(b) Eyes.
(c) Heart.
(d) Kidneys.

4. Who is Kevin McCabe?
(a) A funeral home owner.
(b) A researcher at Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
(c) A farmer.
(d) Another writer.

5. What is the result of water reduction?
(a) Tissue that does not decompose quickly.
(b) Sterile liquid.
(c) Shorter periods of bloat in decomposition.
(d) Preserved tissue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mary Roach decide not decide to give her body to The University of New Mexico?

2. How did Barbet test his theory?

3. What did Frederick Zugibe test?

4. What does Mary Roach say funeral reform was driven by?

5. What kind of mummies were sold in 18th century Alexandria?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the procedure in which H was opened.

2. What part of the history of cremation does Mary Roach describe?

3. What does Mary Roach find is the Catholic perspective on composting human remains?

4. What was Father Armailhac's request for scientific study?

5. What was H being used for at the UCSF Medical Center when Mary Roach was observing?

6. What does Mary Roach say she wants to become if she donates her body?

7. What is a mellified man?

8. What was Pierre Barbet's conclusion about Armailhac's request?

9. What did Duncan McDougal try to measure?

10. How did Barbet test the strength of the palms for holding up a person's weight?

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