FNS 110 Final Exam

Which of the following was a great event in the history of embalming that occurred in 1618?

Discovery of blood circulation

Osiris

Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead

Crepe

Funeral fabric

Horus

God of the sky

Hades

God of the underworld

Which ancient people were credited with the introduction of cremation?

Greeks

Burial by sundown on the date of death was required by whom?

Hebrews

Father of History

Herodotus

Canopic jars, or burial vases, used for brain tissue and other vital organs during embalming, represented the four children of...

Horus

Who was the first individual to receive an American patent for metallic coffins, in 1836?

James A. Gray

Who started one of the first coffin shop/warehouses in New York?

John L. Dillon

Torchbearers

Lead and set the pace for the funeral procession in Ancient Roman times.

The "Sin-eater" was associated with the ______.

Middle Ages

Obol

Monetary unit that comprised a day's wages (12 of them) and were placed in the mouths of the deceased.

Great Plaque of London

Occurred in 1665

Sexton

One who is in charge of the cemetery; the caretaker of a church.

Burial practices of which group helped to shape the role of the "modern funeral director"?

Romans

Which group throughout history has practiced both burial and cremation at some point as an accepted means of disposition?

Romans

Which people were most influenced by the coffins of the ancient Egyptians?

Romans

Who usually held funeral processions during the night?

Romans

Why did ancient Egyptians embalm their dead?

Sanitation

Who marked the length of the incision when embalming in ancient Egypt?

Scribe

designer

Set the order of the funeral procession in Ancient Roman times.

Head Undertaker

Set the standard for what we call funeral directors today.

Former U.S. President Grant was placed in which of the following?

Style "E" State Casket

For the ancient Egyptians, what was the center, or focus, of the universe?

Sun

Amun-Ra

Sun god of Egypt

The Jewish term used to represent the flesh was ________.

The Basar

What was the most important element of ancient Egyptian death beliefs?

The Ka

Kiss of Peace

The final kiss sometimes given to the corpse immediately after death, sometimes before closing of the casket

The Fisk metallic coffin was air-tight. (True/False)

True

Valhalla

Viking heaven

wake

a ceremony to view or watch over the deceased person before the funeral

Ogee design

a design introduced to square sided caskets in order to reduce the excess space and weight, particularly of metal caskets; characterized by an "S" shaped curvature; an "S" shaped molding that is a component part of the casket cap

Sarcophagus

a large stone coffin

effigy

a representation of a person

Praceo

aka crier, a special funeral functionary in ancient Rome who summoned participants to a public funeral.

Charon

ferryman at the river Styx

Cortege

funeral procession

Anubis

guide of dead and patron of embalming

Elysian Fields

in Greek mythology, the Greek version of heaven.

Criers

people who would run through the town and shout announcements

Cooling board

portable table on which the body was placed while the corpse cooler was in use; later became the embalming table when embalming was done in the home of the deceased.

also-rans

receptacles that were patented in the early 19th century but which gained no popular appeal were referred to as

Styx

river in the underworld

Ancient Greeks typically processed to the tomb after how many days of lying in state?

1

M.H. Crane and J.R. Barnes acquired manufacturing rights from Fisk in _______.

1853

Cerebus

3 headed dog that guards the underworld

Sin Eater

A sin-eater is a person who consumes a ritual meal in order to spiritually take on the sins of a deceased person.

Circle of Necessity

Ancient Egyptian belief that the soul had to take a 3,000 year journey and return to the body.

Door badge colors

Black=For the old White=For the young Black with white=For young adults

The largest factor in modern American funeral practice stems from what tradition?

Christian

Which of the following had the first patent for "life preserving" coffins?

Christian Eisenbrandt

Who were the first to dress their dead in white?

Christians