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

2. What is anastomosis?
(a) The technique for drawing thoughts out of nerve synapses.
(b) The technique for infusing severed heads with blood.
(c) The technique for infusing the brain with oxygen.
(d) The technique for joining vessels without leaks.

3. What does Mary Roach say funeral reform was driven by?
(a) Big business.
(b) Utilitarianism.
(c) Religion.
(d) Government regulation.

4. How does Mary Roach say the modern medical community feels about the definition of death as brain death?
(a) Fractious.
(b) Partisan.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Unequivocal.

5. What did attempts to determine death typically entail, before modern science?
(a) Measuring brain activity.
(b) Detecting breathing.
(c) Inflicting pain.
(d) Detecting a heartbeat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Brown-Sequard's test of Legallois' notion appear to show?

2. What did Dr. Pierre Barbet focus on in the Shroud?

3. What almost prevented cremation from getting off the ground?

4. What percentage of bodies donated to science are used for anatomy lab lessons?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is plastination?

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

3. Who typically sold body parts, and for what purposes?

4. What process is Wiigh-Masak advocating in Sweden?

5. What practice came from experiments from V. N. Shamov?

6. What does Mary Roach say she ultimately wants to do with her body?

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

8. Which were the best mummies for medicinal uses?

9. What did Duncan McDougal try to measure?

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

(see the answer keys)

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