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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 the surgeon use to open H's chest?
2. How does Mary Roach describe the possibility of testing for consciousness in severed heads?
3. What did Mary Roach struggle with when she saw H?
4. What was the measure of death before brain death was understood?
5. What does the intensive care unit (ICU) staff do for H?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which were the best mummies for medicinal uses?
2. What was Pierre Barbet's conclusion about Armailhac's request?
3. What is plastination?
4. What does Mary Roach find is the Catholic perspective on composting human remains?
5. Describe the procedure in which H was opened.
6. What percentage of cadavers donated to science become anatomy lab dissections?
7. What part of the history of cremation does Mary Roach describe?
8. What did Dr. Robert White do with a monkey brain, and what was Mary Roach's question for Dr. Robert White?
9. What practice came from experiments from V. N. Shamov?
10. What does Mary Roach say she wants to become if she donates her body?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How would you characterize Mary Roach's intellect, in regard to how she navigates this challenging and sensitive topic? What kind of a person is she, and how do you think she would handle other challenging situations or topics?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
How effective is Mary Roach in presenting the controversy surrounding cadaver use? What techniques does she use? Does she give both sides of an issue? How does she use reason or emotions or humor?
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