Funeral Service Merchandise Chapter 1

Question 1

A case or receptacle for dead human remains which is anthropoid in shape

Answer 1

Coffin

Question 2

The coffin, in outline, generally resembles the form of a human being viewed anteriorly, with 6 or 8 vertical sides, narrow at the head, wider at the shoulders, and narrower again at the feet, meaining it is _________

Answer 2

Anthropoid

Question 3

The word coffin comes from the Greek

Answer 3

Kophinos

Question 4

Kophinos means

Answer 4

Basket

Question 5

For much of the world outside of the US and Canada, this is still the standard

Answer 5

The 6 sided coffin

Question 6

A casket performs the same function as the coffin, but assumes a _________ form

Answer 6

Rectilinear

Question 7

The Federal Trade Commission states that the _______ is a rigid container which is designed for the encasement of human remains and which is usually constructed of wood, metal, or like material, and ornamented and lined with fabric

Answer 7

Casket

Question 8

A case of receptacle in which human remains are placed for protection, practical utility, and a suitable memory picture

Answer 8

Casket

Question 9

Any box or container of one or more parts in which a dead human body is placed prior to interment, entombment, or cremation which may or may not be permanently interred, entombed, or cremated with the dead human remains

Answer 9

Casket

Question 10

Briefly describe the difference between the casket and the coffin

Answer 10

The coffin is six-sided and the casket is basically rectilinear

Question 11

A small box of jewels, implying that the contents therein are of a precious and valuable nature

Answer 11

Casket

Question 12

In the harsh years of early Colonial America, it was not uncommon for the dead to be buried how?

Answer 12

Without a container at all

Question 13

There was limited demand for coffins until the inhabitants of this new and struggling country developed the _________, __________, and ____________, to more properly care for their dead

Answer 13

Stability, time, and resources

Question 14

As general welfare increase, this became more common

Answer 14

Coffined Burial

Question 15

In many instances, this was done to the coffin to conceal surface or finishing flaws

Answer 15

Painted or Covered in cloth

Question 16

In urban areas, coffins were more frequently provided by whom?

Answer 16

Professional Cabinetmakers

Question 17

By the mid-1800s, emphasis on the coffin’s basic functionality gave way to an increasing interest in this

Answer 17

The coffin’s aesthetics, or “eye appeal”

Question 18

Who had the first United States patent protecting a coffin?

Answer 18

James Gray

Question 19

In 1836, James Gray received the first US patent protecting his

Answer 19

Metallic Coffin

Question 20

Particularly important to the development of the casket was the birth and growth of what?

Answer 20

Large industry and mass production

Question 21

Many cabinetmakers-turned-undertakers began to specialize in providing funeral services, in turn doing what?

Answer 21

Purchasing ready-made caskets wholesale and reselling them to their own customers