Chapter 8 Death Ed

funerals in the U.S. are mainly

Wake is best defined as

What has been called a "celebration of the soul's entrance into heaven?"

Funerals are akin to other major transitions in a person's life in that they all involve

David Sudnow's study on death notification revealed that

Approximately what percentage of Americans knew within the first hour of President John F. Kennedy's death?

The funeral business is generally viewed as a

What is the primary requirement of the FTC Funeral Rule?

Historically, when a family's ceremonial occasions involving death were held within the home, what services did the undertaker provide?

Which of the following were normal functions of the undertaker in the late nineteenth century?

funeral parlors acquired that name because

What were the casket and Sunnyside?

According to Bertram Puckle, funeral rites

According to Leroy Bowman, modern funerals

Which of the following best represents the viewpoint expressed in Jessica Mitford's book The American Way of Death?

Jessica Mitford found modern funeral practices to be

Roadside memorials

The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) distinguishes how many categories of costs related to the conventional American funeral?

Excluding burial vault and cemetery costs, what was the average cost of an adult funeral in the U.S. in 2009?

Which of the following fees are included in a mortuary's basic charge for professional services?

funerals have been compared to a

Which of the following statements about embalming is true?

When was embalming adopted in the United States?

The FTC Funeral Rule requires that mortuaries

President Lincoln's funeral procession increased awareness of the practice of

At the lower end of the price range, caskets are typically

the most popular choice of casket in the U.S. is made of

funeral and memorial societies are organizations which were formed to

Which of the following prefer cremation to ground burial?

Which of the following is MOST likely to view cremation as a symbol of the transitory nature of human life?

Which of the following types of body disposition will delay decomposition the most?

It has been said that no land in the United States is more sacred than the square mile of

In which of the following countries is cremation the most common method of body disposal?

After cremation, the "ashes" are

The ashes left from the cremation process are

What is a "green" technique that can substitute for the conventional cremation process?

Personalized funerals are also called

What is an ecopod?

Which of the following is considered a new direction in funerals and body disposition?

Which of the following is generally considered an experimental technology?

Cryonics or cryogenic suspension is a method of

There are those who believe that substituting a memorial service for a traditional funeral is lacking in which of the following respects?

What is the Hawaiian "feast of tears?"

Websites are set up to notify online friends of a death

"deathswitch" is a web site specializing in the promotion of "green" burial products

burying grave goods with the dead promotes the expression of grief

funerals have attracted criticism only recently, due to online product suppliers

most people appear satisfied with the quality of service provided by their local mortuaries

cameras are illegal in a United States mortuary or chapel

spontaneous shrines may be seen on walls, roadsides, and via the internet

funeral costs are the same among regions of the country and between rural and metropolitan areas

an intake fee is the charge for transporting the corpse from the place of death to the mortuary

Embalming is a uniform practice required by FTC law across the United States today.

Walmart cells caskets and urns on its website

burial vaults or grave liners are required by state law in all American cemeteries

charges for the use of a hearse are usually included under the heading miscellaneous charges

The Parsi community in India disposes of the dead by allowing corpses to be consumed by birds of prey

the term burial simply involves digging a grave

cremated remains must be placed in an urn if kept by the family

if funds are not available from private sources to pay for burial the local Red Cross or Salvation Army picks up the costs

The Hawaiian "feast of tears" is the meal shared by mourners the evening of the death symbolizing the salt of the Pacific and the bitter tears of sadness