Multiple Choice - Chapter 7, Holy Cadaver
1. When did Father Armaillhac subject the Shroud of Turin to scientific study? a)
1914.
b) 1896.
c) 1947.
d) 1931.
2. What did father Armaillhac want to prove about the Shroud of Turin? a) That it
was a forgery.
b) That it was the burial cloth of Christ.
c) That it was of recent origin.
d) That it was not the burial cloth of Christ.
3. What did Dr. Pierre Barbet focus on in the Shroud? a) A split flow of blood.
b)
Symbols in the stains.
c) A figure in the cloth.
d) A hole.
4. What did Dr. Barbet believe caused the formations he was interested in? a) The
wound in Christ's side.
b) The shroud being used for another purpose after Christ's
crucifixion.
c) Christ repositioning himself on the cross.
d) The process of taking Christ down from the cross.
5. How did Barbet test his theory?
a) By laying Shrouds over a number of cadavers.
b) By hanging weights on cadavers on crosses. c) By strapping volunteers to
crosses.
d) By crucifying a cadaver.
6. What was Barbet skeptical about?
a) The notion that crucifixion kills a man by
asphyxiation. b) The blood patterns on the Shroud of Turin.
c) The ability of a crucified person to reposition himself. d) The weight-bearing ability of
a nail through the palm.
7. How did Barbet test his skepticism?
a) He attached weights to amputated arms to
see how much a nail could hold.
b) He strapped volunteers to crosses to see how much
movement they could make. c) He performed a chemical analysis of the Shroud of
Turin.
d) He crucified monkeys and other animals.
8. What was Destot's space?
a) The place in the wrist where a nail could support a
person's weight.
b) The space from which a person's last gasp comes when
crucified.
c) The space between a person and their clothes, which allows them to lose
their clothing in an airline disaster. d) The area around the facial features in the Shroud
of Turin.
9. What did Frederick Zugibe test?
a) The ability of crucified people to move.
b) The
ability of the wrist or hand to support a person's weight. c) The stains a crucified person
will make on a shroud.
d) The chemistry of the Shroud of Turin.
10. What was Frederick Zugibe's conclusion?
a) That the original stream was not
from Christ repositioning himself. b) That the stains were not authentic.
c) That the
Shroud was a forgery.
d) That the second stream was from washing a wound.
11. What did Frederick Zugibe say about Dr. Pierre Barbet's work? a) That he had
been unethical in his use of cadavers.
b) That tests in which live people are strapped to
crosses are ineffective. c) That he had incorrectly located Destot's place.
d) That he had used the wrong chemicals in his analysis.
12. What does Mary Roach say, in commenting on Frederick Zugibe's work, is the
highest office? a) Relieving pain.
b) Spreading democracy.
c) Having faith.
d) Spreading religion.