Quiz 1: Chapters 1 and 2

Question 1

The Harvard definition of death refers to:

Answer 1

Brain stops functioning

Question 2

Which is not evidence that the United States is a death-denying society?

• Euphemisms are used for death
• A taboo on death conversation
• Cyronics
• Having life insurance
• Calling in a professional to handle the body

Answer 2

Having life insurance

Question 3

Life expectancy in 1900 was 47 years. In 2010, it was:

Answer 3

77

Question 4

Death was “resurrected” after 1945. Why?

Answer 4

The atomic age brought about the possible annihilation of the entire human race

Question 5

The interdisciplinary study of death-related behavior is known as:

Answer 5

Thanatology

Question 6

According to Leming and Dickinson, what is true:

Answer 6

People who have moderate religious commitments are most likely to fear death

Question 7

Most people dying in the U.S. today die:

Answer 7

In a hospital or nursing home

Question 8

The Puritans encouraged each other to _____ death.

Answer 8

Fear

Question 9

The fear of growing old is called:

Answer 9

Gerontophobia

Question 10

Which was not cited in the text as a reason for the increased interest in the study of dying, death and bereavement?

• An aura of mystery developed with deaths occurring in institutional settings
• Prolonged life as a result of medical and scientific breakthroughs resulting in numerous ethical issues
• Large percentages of the population leaving the urban areas and returning to the farm where death is a daily event
• All of the above were cited

Answer 10

Large percentages of the population leaving the urban areas and returning to the farm where death is a daily event