chapter 9 carriage to gas buggy

Question 1

a solemn social act that imparts importance, dignity and profundity to the ceremonial disposal of the dead

Answer 1

the procession

Question 2

a dramatic movement involving many actors, whether it takes the form of pageantry; of mournful, simple silence of noise and expressive behavior or of mock gaiety or real gloom

Answer 2

Funeral procession

Question 3

Where is funeral derived from

Answer 3

torchlight procession

Question 4

What is one of the standard pieces of equipment for the procession?

Answer 4

Hearse

Question 5

Where is “hearse” derived from?

Answer 5

French word “herse” is taken from the latin “hirpex” meaning a rake or harrow.

Question 6

the form of a hand-stretcher on which the unoffined body was carried to the grave

Answer 6

bier

Question 7

What year did the funeral car get featured at the New Orleans exposition?

Answer 7

1884

Question 8

What color was the children’s hearse sold by the Stein patent burial casket works?

Answer 8

white

Question 9

When did the first gas powered automobile appear?

Answer 9

1896 and in Detroit Michigan

Question 10

When were limousine hearses appearing?

Answer 10

1909

Question 11

This innovation added greatly to the convenience and dignity of the funeral service by making it possible to load the vehicle without the necessity of the pallbearers’ walking out into the street and sometimes the mud

Answer 11

side servicing feature of hearses in 1926

Question 12

different colors of hearses

Answer 12

white, black, grey