1. (p. 89) What can be defined as "all that in human society which is socially rather than biologically transmitted?" |
D. Culture |
2. (p. 90) What is the fallacy of making judgments about others in terms of one’s own cultural assumptions and ideas? |
D. Ethnocentrism |
3. (p. 92) Human concern for the dead |
B. predates written history. |
4. (p. 92) Humanity received its name from the Latin root word humare, which means to |
B. bury. |
5. (p. 94) Referring to a deceased individual as "that one" is an example of |
B. name avoidance. |
6. (p. 95) According to Kellehear’s description and social history of dying, the meaning of death |
C. has changed over time. |
7. (p. 98) In traditional societies, whether grief is expressed by loud wails or quiet tears, there is a common tendency to |
D. have a deep respect for the soul of the dead. |
8. (p. 98) In many traditional societies communication with the dead is facilitated by a |
C. shaman |
9. (p. 99) According to historian Philippe Ariès, during the period of "tamed death," death was viewed as |
A. an ordinary human experience. |
10. (p. 99) Which was a turning point in the "medicalization" of death and dying? |
B. WWI |
11. (p. 101) What phrase best defines how death is a mirror in which a dying person could discover his/her destiny by taking a moral balance sheet of his/her life? |
B. Speculum mortis |
12. (p. 101) Until the nineteenth century, the customary deathbed scene |
D. included family. |
13. (p. 102) A charnel house was a |
D. gallery for bones entrusted to the church. |
14. (p. 102) The structure containing the bones and skulls of the dead and typically found within or near a church is called a |
A. charnel house. |
15. (p. 104) Around the twelfth century, simple grave markers began to appear as did elaborate effigies. This was as part of increasing emphasis on |
C. individualism. |
16. (p. 104) When did burials begin to take place in cemeteries not associated with churches? |
C. About the time of the Renaissance |
17. (p. 104) The rural cemetery movement began in the United States |
A. in the 1830s. |
18. (p. 105) The danse macabre was originally a reaction to fear of death caused by an epidemic of A. tuberculosis. |
C. plague. |
19. (p. 105) The Dance of Death |
B. reflects ideas about the inevitability of death. |
20. (p. 107) A death mask was created |
B. to provide a memento for bereaved survivors. |
21. (p. 108) One aspect of an "invisible death" is that death is |
A. less part of common experience. |
22. (p. 108) In general, Native Americans view death as A. a normal part of the life cycle. |
A. a normal part of the life cycle. |
23. (p. 110) Death songs of Native Americans are |
C. a summary of a person’s life. |
24. (p. 111) Which of the following Native American practices serves the purpose of separating the dead from the living? |
A. Ohlone avoidance of deceased’s name |
25. (p. 112) Which of the following activities are associated with the Cocopa process of dealing with death and dying? |
A. Burning clothes, food, and other articles with the body of the deceased |
26. (p. 112) What term is best used to describe African customs such as prayer, sacrifice or libation, and other acts of respect shown to deceased members of the community? |
D. Ancestor worship |
27. (p. 113) The traditional African attitude towards death is essentially |
B. positive because it is part of the totality of life. |
28. (p. 114) All of the following are aspects of LoDagaa funeral customs EXCEPT |
B. there are five distinct, successive phases. |
29. (p. 115) LoDagaa use of "mourning restraints" A. prevents mourners from engaging in acts of suicidal behavior. |
B. indicates degree of relationship of the bereaved to the deceased. |
30. (p. 118-122) Dia de los Muertos, the Mexican Day of the Dead, blends Catholic, Spanish, and Indian rituals. This celebration exemplifies an attitude toward death that |
C. views death in an open, humorous, ironic manner. |
31. (p. 118-122) Dia de los Muertos is |
A. an occasion for remembering the dead. |
32. (p. 120) As part of Dia de los Muertos, families go to the panteon to __________ |
C. prepare for the return of their dead. |
33. (p. 120 and 125) The ofrenda, found in Mexican culture, can be likened to the |
B. Japanese butsudan. |
34. (p. 123) In traditional Hindu households, death is __________ |
A. a communal affair. |
35. (p. 124) Chinese mourning garments have a symbolic purpose similar to |
D. LoDagaa mourning restraints. |
36. (p. 125-127) In Japanese funeral rituals, all of the following rites are held EXCEPT the |
B. belongings of the deceased are buried with the body. |
37. (p. 125) In Japanese homes, an altar for honoring deceased relatives and ancestors is called a |
D. butsudan. |
38. (p. 125) In Japanese ancestral rites, where are the ashes of family members interred? |
D. In the Dhaka |
39. (p. 130) In Celtic traditions, what is the term for the breach in time when supernatural communication with gods as well as the dead could take place? |
B. Samhain |
40. (p. 130) In Celtic societies, the intermediary between the world of humankind and the domain of the supernatural was a |
C. druid |
41. (p. 131) In Nordic and Celtic traditions, what is the place of heavenly honor and glory called where fallen heroes are welcomed? |
B. Valhalla |
42. (p. 133) In funerals within the Hawaiian culture, children were traditionally |
C. an important part of the family gathering |
43. (p. 137) Which of the following are common in the practice of the traditional form of recuerdo? 1. Tells the story of a person’s life in a heroic manner A. 1 and 2 |
A. 1 and 2 |
44. (p. 102) In the early Middles Ages, it was a disadvantage to be buried near the grave of a martyr because it was considered shameful. |
FALSE |
45. (p. 102-103) Charnel houses were not opened for fear of spirits escaping. |
FALSE |
46. (p. 106) Anatomy dissections historically have been an activity attended only by surgeons and medical students. TRUE or FALSE |
FALSE |
47. (p. 108) Currently, across the United States, there are fewer than 500 federally recognized Native American nations, few of which share a common set of values, beliefs, and traditions. |
FALSE |
48. (p. 110) The Lakota battle cry "It is a good day to die" expresses the belief that one lives with purpose, grateful for life’s blessings, with awareness it could all end abruptly. |
TRUE |
49. (p. 111) In many cultures worldwide, the final place to spread ashes and worldly goods of the deceased is called the "Island of the Dead." |
FALSE |
50. (p. 111) Nomadic hunting and gathering tribes, such as the Sioux and Apache, generally express more fear of the dead than do sedentary tribes, such as the Pueblo and Navajo. |
FALSE |
51. (p. 112) Both Cocopa and Hopi strive to keep death at a distance. |
FALSE |
52. (p. 112) Hopi funeral rituals are attended by few people and held privately. |
TRUE |
53. (p. 115) The LoDagaa hold a ceremony for redistributing the dead person’s property. |
TRUE |
54. (p. 116) Obituaries are used only in American and European societies. |
FALSE |
55. (p. 118-121) Mexican culture exhibits few symbols of death. |
FALSE |
56. (p. 120) The ofrenda is the gathering place where friends meet following a Mexican funeral. |
FALSE |
57. (p. 127) For the Japanese, it is quite ordinary to talk to their dead ancestors. |
TRUE |
58. (p. 129) Kaddish, the Jewish mourner’s prayer, is said in absolute privacy within seven days of the death. |
FALSE |
59. (p. 130) Historically, the Celts practiced burial and cremation. |
TRUE |
60. (p. 130) The tomb of a Celtic chieftain contained enough bronze dishes and drinking horns to accommodate nine people, a number considered ideal for a drinking party. |
TRUE |
61. (p. 130-132) Uilleann pipes are included in funeral processions held for firefighters killed in the line of duty. TRUE or FALSE |
TRUE |
62. (p. 132) Islam calls for the burial of the deceased as soon as possible. |
TRUE |
63. (p. 134) Hawaiian identity is spoken of in terms of connectedness to lands, language, and family. |
TRUE |
64. (p. 137) Mourning rituals are intended not to help cope with one’s own mortality, but rather to cope with the deaths of others. |
FALSE |
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