Klicker Chapter 8

Question 1

Cremation began during the Stone Age

Answer 1

around 3000 B.C.

Question 2

The practice widespread from Ireland to Hungary where the process of cremation symbolized refinement of the precious essence of spirit

Answer 2

The era of the Early Iron Age

Question 3

Greeks also practiced earth burial, they believed the cremation fire symbolized purification and

Answer 3

the release of the spirit from the body

Question 4

_________ allowed the Greeks to easily transport slain warriors home from the battlefield.

Answer 4

Cremation

Question 5

Scandinavia cremation began in the

Answer 5

Middle Bronze Age

Question 6

Cremation was considered the favored method of disposition until the

Answer 6

10th Century A.D.

Question 7

The stage was set for cremation to remain the deposition of choice in what countries

Answer 7

Europe
Greece
Scandanavia 
India
China

Question 8

Believed those who had shunned evil would have a prosperous afterlife, for which it was necessary to preserve the body in its most perfect form.

Answer 8

Members of the Cult of Osiris, in Egypt

Question 9

Preservation and erected elaborate tombs to house the dead

Answer 9

Mummification

Question 10

Cremation was prevalent in Rome until the

Answer 10

First century after Christ

Question 11

When in opposition to Rome’s paganism, Christians emulated Christ’s entombment by gradually replacing the ancient tradition with

Answer 11

earth burial

Question 12

Earth burial became the preferred disposition for the next

Answer 12

1,900 years

Question 13

First cremation in the U.S

Answer 13

December 6, 1876

Question 14

How many years after the first cremation was it popular in the US?

Answer 14

80 years

Question 15

Funeral practice was somewhat typical throughout the United States

Answer 15

During the early 1960s

Question 16

Jessica Mitford

Answer 16

1963, The American Way of Death

Question 17

The funeral director’s mind-set in the 60s was that the only kind of appropriate funeral?

Answer 17

Traditional Funeral

Question 18

Funeral directors _____________ families who desire simplistic ways of coping with death

Answer 18

imposed their own beliefs on

Question 19

What kind of effect was there on services that were not an embalmed casket service.

Answer 19

Negative

Question 20

Funeral homes did not have adequate facilities to hold

Answer 20

unembalmed bodies

Question 21

Funeral directors had very ____________ or _______ in dealing with nontraditional families and services.

Answer 21

little preparation, training

Question 22

Society in general was becoming non-churched and the Vietnam War was causing many people to question American tradition

Answer 22

During the late 60s

Question 23

Express themselves verbally by questioning authority, many of their parents and grandparents, express themselves non-verbally by not having funeral for deceased loved ones

Answer 23

Baby Boomers

Question 24

Funeral directors turned their backs on consumers who were not subscribing to

Answer 24

traditional funerals