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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. When, in the course of the disaster of TWA Flight 800, did the passengers likely die, according to Shanahan?

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

3. What do researchers measure by creating typical scenarios?

4. How often do families renege on their consent, according to Mike Walsh?

5. What other advantage does Marliena Marignani say comes from working on cadavers?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did dissections of cadavers begin?

2. What kinds of incidents does Dennis Shanahan investigate?

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

4. What does Mary Roach say was the practice with dead soldiers in the Civil War?

5. What was Sir Astley Cooper's stance on using cadavers in training?

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

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

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

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

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

What is Mary Roach's central concern in 'Stiff'? Her book covers a wide variety of topics regarding dead bodies. What is her central interest--Or is this book a wide-ranging 'exploration' that is not tightly centered on an overarching question or concern?

Essay Topic 2

How has the practice of burying the dead changed in the recent past, as people have become more aware of their influence on the environment?

Essay Topic 3

What is the fascination in books like Mary Roach's, and TV shows like Bones or Crime Scene Investigators--what questions or interests are they tapping into in their audiences? Is it the living drama of the people performing the investigations, or the investigations themselves that create the interest?

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