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1. What factors make museum objects different to everyday objects?
- Museum objects are often more fragile, owing to their age
- Museum objects are often more fragile, owing to their usage in the past
- Museum objects are sometimes the only surviving examples, and irreplaceable if damaged or broken
- All of the above
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2. Which of these sentences best describes the handling methods to be used when a researcher needs to see an object?
- Using gloves, bring the object to the researcher
- Wherever possible, take the researcher to the object
- Show the researcher an image of the object
- Direct the researcher to the object, and allow them to handle the object
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3. Which of these types of gloves should not be used when handling an object with a rough surface or a very smooth surface?
- Nitrile
- Vinyl
- Cotton
- Latex
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4. Which of these types of object can sometimes be handled without the use of gloves?
- Books
- Taxidermy
- Gilded frames
- Silver
