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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Baden claim happens at the site of an accident?
(a) Necrophilia.
(b) Looting.
(c) Body stealing.
(d) Abuse of the deceased.

2. What does Baden note his profession was believed to be?
(a) A dumping ground for those who couldn't finish medical school.
(b) A dumping ground for incompetents.
(c) A place for only the most intelligent.
(d) A place for the elite in the field of medicine.

3. Why did Baden not do an autopsy on Nelson Rockefeller?
(a) He was given a death certificate by his own physician.
(b) He didn't want to cause controversy.
(c) He didn't want to get involved.
(d) He didn't want to report a suicide.

4. What happened to the property of a suicide victim during this time?
(a) It was given to the natives.
(b) It was given to the poor.
(c) It was given to the family.
(d) It was given to the Crown.

5. What case does Baden believe was a triumph for forensic medicine in 1910?
(a) The Crippen murder case.
(b) The William Hogarth case.
(c) The Triffin murder case.
(d) The Jack the Ripper case.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baden learn after noting $40 on the body of a dead man in an apartment?

2. What does Baden believe is a reflection of the way people live?

3. What group was set up in 1977 to help explain the Kennedy assassination?

4. Perez and Narcisco were found guilty of what?

5. What are characteristics of an alcoholic's liver?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the symptoms of strychnine.

2. Explain how the body of Theresa Ferrara was identified and why there were different strands of hair on her torso.

3. Briefly explain the case of Ann Hart.

4. What was Humes' excuse about the faulty autopsy, and is this excuse valid?

5. Explain how Baden discovered the age, time of death, and identity of Katherine Howard.

6. Explain why identification of the victims of Flight 66 was hindered.

7. In the end of Chapter One, the report given to the FBI suggests two shooters. Explain the event that prompted the committee to suggest this.

8. Explain Baden's experience of the convergence of hospital medicine and the morgue, and why the event had an impact on him.

9. What does Baden note in Chapter One is the price of fame when a celebrity dies, and why?

10. Describe briefly the position of coroner during the reign of King Richard I.

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