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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Shanahan not afraid of air travel?

2. What does Rick Lowden study?

3. For how long after death can internal organs be identified?

4. What did Thomas Holmes perfect?

5. Why is the British practice for avoiding consent impractical, according to Mary Roach?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the advantage of practicing surgery on a cadaver?

2. How does Mary Roach say cadavers have been treated, historically?

3. How does Mary Roach say cadavers were treated in early dissections?

4. What kinds of signs did the cadavers from Flight 800 have?

5. When did dissections of cadavers begin?

6. What kinds of incidents does Dennis Shanahan investigate?

7. Describe the procedure in which UM006 was used.

8. Why does Duncan McPherson say people fall down when shot?

9. How does Mary Roach describe the memorial service for unnamed cadavers at UCSF?

10. What kinds of things does Mary Roach say have resulted from tests like the one on UM006?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Mary Roach use voice and tone to probe into and back away from the complexities surrounding cadavers? What are her primary tones, and how does she modulate them to handle different emotional situations?

Essay Topic 2

Americans are known for their technological optimism, that death can be defeated or overcome. What insight does Mary Roach's book give us into refusal to accept death?

Essay Topic 3

How would you characterize Mary Roach's religious views and sensibility? What do you think are her religious beliefs, based on the book?

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