“Stiff”: Read the specified sections/chapters, and answer all questions in complete sentences. Introduction 1. Describe the author’s feelings towards “just being a corpse” after death. She felt the same way. 2. How does the author distinguish between what she covers in the book and death (as in dying)? 3. Why does the author say she could not watch an experiment that involved the remains of someone she knew? 4. Explain what the author meant when she said she saw “her mother’s cadaver”. 5. What did the author find the hardest about this book writing process? 6. How does the author choose what she is going to write about? Chapter 1 1. Why are surgeons working on unembalmed heads (instead of embalmed heads)? 2. What is a common coping mechanism people use when working with the dead? 3. Explain the meaning of altruism at the end of the paragraph on p.24. 4. How do most surgical residents learn surgery? 5. What is the malar fat pad and why might plastic surgeons focus on this area? 6. Describe at least 4 ways surgery has changed since the 17th century? 7. What aspect of the work does Marilena consider disrespectful (i. e. why she won’t be donating her body)? Be specific.