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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 attempts to determine death typically entail, before modern science?

2. What did Robert White have some success with?

3. Where did blood or body parts come from when they were sold for medicinal purposes?

4. What is the advantage of water reduction?

5. What was George Hay's 1888 proposal for human remains?

Short Essay Questions

1. What process is Wiigh-Masak advocating in Sweden?

2. What was Frederick Zugibe's test and his conclusion?

3. What was H being used for at the UCSF Medical Center when Mary Roach was observing?

4. What belief did Georges Martin try to debunk?

5. What did Duncan McDougal try to measure?

6. What was Pierre Barbet's conclusion about Armailhac's request?

7. What does Mary Roach say she wants to become if she donates her body?

8. How did Barbet test the strength of the palms for holding up a person's weight?

9. What did Dr. Robert White do with a monkey brain, and what was Mary Roach's question for Dr. Robert White?

10. How are animals disposed of at Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, in Mary Roach's account?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What pressing question in modern society could cadavers be used for now? Make a case--serious or humorous or irreverent--for where cadavers could bring value to modern society.

Essay Topic 3

If you could eliminate one question or technique that has arisen out of modern science and technology regarding the treatment of cadavers, what would it be, and why?

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