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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 does Hugh Patterson of UCSF say about having arranged to donate his body to science?

2. What did father Armaillhac want to prove about the Shroud of Turin?

3. How does Mary Roach describe the possibility of testing for consciousness in severed heads?

4. What had American Philip Backman developed a technique for?

5. What almost prevented cremation from getting off the ground?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mary Roach say she ultimately wants to do with her body?

2. What is the accepted standard for death in the medical community, according to Mary Roach?

3. What is a mellified man?

4. What part of the history of cremation does Mary Roach describe?

5. What percentage of cadavers donated to science become anatomy lab dissections?

6. What belief did Georges Martin try to debunk?

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

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

9. What did Duncan McDougal try to measure?

10. What was Father Armailhac's request for scientific study?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which use of cadavers is most objectionable, in your perspective? Make an argument for one of the uses Mary Roach describes in 'Stiff'.

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

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?

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