Funeral Service History Flashcards
(170 cards)
After boiling the body of a noble man or soldier who died in a foreign land, the juices were:
Buried
Made into soup
Poured into the river
Taken home in a barrel
Buried
What is the Greek word for coffin?
Anubis
Funeralis
Praeco
Kofinis
Kofinis
What is Natron?
An Egyptian god
A Greek funeral prayer
A Roman burial receptacle
An Egyptian preservative salt
An Egyptian preservative salt
Which of the following was not a responsibility of the sexton during the Middle Ages?
Care for church property
Dig graves
Prepare deceased for burial
Ring bells
Prepare deceased for burial
The Egyptians placed the organs in how many
different canopic jars?
3
4
5
6
4
Which method(s) of disposition did the Romans practice?
Burial
Cremation
Both A & B
None
Both A & B
Mound burial was a custom with the:
Egyptians
Greeks
Romans
Vikings
Vikings
Egyptian embalming was performed by:
Physicians
Priests
Slaves
Women
Priests
Green burials usually include all of the following except:
Biodegradable casket
Embalming with non-toxic chemicals
Natural rock for a headstone
No vault
Embalming with non-toxic chemicals
The functions of early American coffins were all of the following, except:
Help preserve the body
Reduce the spread of disease
Status indication
Utility
Help preserve the body
The device used to carry a coffin or body is called a
Bier
Catafalque
Pall
Torchier
Bier
All of the following were popular coffins/caskets in the 19th century except:
Aluminum
Cloth-covered
Wood
Zeigler case
Aluminum
Part of the reason for organizing a national association was to develop standards for transporting bodies on:
Airplanes
Ships
Trains
Trucks
Trains
Where was the first American crematory built?
Washington, DC
Washington, IL
Washington, PA
Washington state
Washington, PA
According to the NFDA’s Code of Professional Conduct, funeral directors are obligated to serve all but:
The Deceased The Family NFDA OSHA The Public
OSHA
During the Civil War, embalming surgeons and undertakers often worked in all of the following except:
Barns
Cabins
Sheds
Tents
Cabins
Which of the following was not placed in a canopic jar?
Brain Gall Bladder Heart Large Intestine Stomach
Gall Bladder
In Egyptian history, the walled suburb of a major city where embalming was performed was referred to as the
City of Necessity
Metropolis
Mound City
Necropolis
Necropolis
Which culture is associated with the practice of immersing the body of the dead in earthen jars filled with honey or wax?
Babylonians
Ethiopians
Gaunches
Peruvians
Babylonians
The ones who created mummies that were referred to as “Xaxos” were the
Egyptians
Ehtiopians
Gaunches
Peruvians
Gaunches
With which era are the years 30,000 B.C. to 6,000 B.C. associated?
Eolithic Period
Middle Ages
Neolithic Period
Paleolithic Period
Neolithic Period
The earliest assumed state of man was depictive of which era?
Ancient
Eolithic
Medieval
Paleolithic
Eolithic
The term Sarcophagus refers to which of the following?
A burial ceromony
A coffin
A cremation urn
A type of Canopic Jar
A coffin
According to ancient Egyptian history, which of the following numbers approxiamtes the number of years required to complete the journey known as the “Circle of Necessity”
30
300
3,000
30,000
3,000