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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. What did Mary Roach attend at UCSF?

2. Why does Duncan McPherson of the LA Police Department believe people fall down when shot?

3. When was Captain Louis Le Garde ordered to use cadavers to test the 30-caliber Springfield rifle against the 45-caliber?

4. Who is Hugh Patterson?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the procedure in which UM006 was used.

2. What kinds of incidents does Dennis Shanahan investigate?

3. What projects has the military used cadavers for, in Mary Roach's account?

4. What test was Captain Louis Le Garde ordered to perform in 1893?

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

6. What are the three stages of decay, as Mary Roach describes them?

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

8. Where did cadavers come from, in 18th century British surgeries?

9. When did injury analysis begin?

10. How does Mary Roach describe making cadavers bearable?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the questions raised in 'Stiff' are the result of industrial modernism--what other social changes are they related to? How do you see the questions presented in 'Stiff' arise in other fields, such as health care or insurance or education, or politics, for instance?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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