General types of funerals - test 3

Question 1

Usually include rites or observations associated with the occasion.

Answer 1

1. Religious or other types of ceremonies are enacted

Question 2

Most often occurring with the body lying in a casket and the face and body exposed. Viewing the body usually happens in the funeral home, but, in some instances, it occurs at the place of death, at a neighborhood meeting place, or at the deceased’s home.

Answer 2

2. Visual contact with the deceased is encouraged

Question 3

Allows a public display or grief and accompaniment of the deceased to a final resting place.

Answer 3

3. A procession, or family parade, occurs

Question 4

A gathering of relatives and friends follows the death to provide emotional support for the bereaved.

Answer 4

4. Social support

Question 5

Flowers or fund contributions are examples of this. Allows the bereaved to communicate their sorrow with a measurable means of support.

Answer 5

5. There is financial expenditure

Question 6

For permanent placement in the grave.

Answer 6

6. The body is prepared by a sanitary method

Question 7

True or false:

Since death disrupts relationships and social groups in general, all societies should develop some forms of controlling it’s impact.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

True or false:

There is no need for some form of funeral ritual to address the psychological and social needs that are manifested by the survivors of death.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

True or false:

Some members of society live in a social vacuum.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

True or false:

Something people learn from society is speech habits and the meaning of life from each other.

Answer 10

True