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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. Whom does Mary Roach say British surgeons began to dissect, when cadaver supply ran low?

2. When does 'human wreckage' become useful to an investigation?

3. Who permitted anatomists to cut open executed criminals, in Mary Roach's account?

4. Who is Dennis Shanahan?

5. When are apes more useful than cadavers in studies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mary Roach describe the smell of dead bodies?

2. What part of the embalming procedure did Mary Roach witness?

3. Where did surgeons used to learn their techniques before they used cadavers?

4. Describe the procedure in which UM006 was used.

5. When did dissections of cadavers begin?

6. Why is Shanahan confident about air travel in spite of his work?

7. When did injury analysis begin?

8. Who was UM006, and what was he being used for?

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

10. How much does UM006's family know what the cadaver is being used for?

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

How does reading 'Stiff' affect the way you live your days, making decisions that impact your body, which will one day, one way or another, be a cadaver?

Essay Topic 3

Who is the primary audience for Mary Roach's book? Who is she writing for? Whose questions is she answering?

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