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

2. How does the army avoid telling families what they use cadavers for?

3. Who does Mary Roach say was often in attendance at surgeries?

4. What was Mary Roach surprised to learn about surgery?

5. What was Mary Roach touched by at the event at UCSF?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mary Roach describe making cadavers bearable?

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

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

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

6. Describe the procedure in which UM006 was used.

7. Why are human cadavers preferable to animals?

8. Why was TWA Flight 800 so emotional for Shanahan?

9. When did injury analysis begin?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What is Mary Roach's relationship with the experts she consults with? What authority does her status as 'writer' give her on the question of cadavers and dead bodies? Does she have more or less authority than certain experts? What could she do with the authority she gained by writing the book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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