History of Funeral Service Final

The great Plague of London took place during which of the following time periods?

1644-1665

The Conclamtio Mortis is identified with which of the following?

Calling out the dead

Many historians credit the Greeks as the first to use?

Cremation

Jewish burials were scheduled when?

During the day of death before sundown

The "Cult of Osiris" identifies with this early civilization

Egyptians

The Ba, heart, shadow, Yakhu, name and the Ka are elements of the body that were associated with the following of which culture?

Egyptians

The placing of various organs in canopic jars and embalming by class distinction was specifically associated with which culture?

Egyptians

The Elysian Fields death belief is associated with which culture?

Greeks

The cult of Dionysus is associated with which of the following cultures?

Greeks

Who introduced the act of cremation?

Greeks

Which of the following is not part of the expensive Egyptian embalming method?

Immersion in molten asphalt

The "head undertaker" in the Roman culture can be referred to as?

Libinarious

"The goddess of the corpse" funerals are recognized as?

Libitina

The Egyptians immersed bodies in?

Natron Solution

Egyptian history the walled suburb of a major city where embalming was performed was referred to as the?

Necropolis

The "crier" was also referred to as the?

Praeco

The "canopic jars" were used to hold the vital organs. Which of the them held the small intestines?

Qebehsenuf

Libitina and Libitinarius are funeral functionaries in which culture?

Romans

The first people to dress their dead in white clothing were the?

Romans

Which culture was known for keeping records?

Romans

Who usually had their funeral procession in the night?

Romans

Only when these items were joined the person was restored based on the Egyptian belief

Soul, name, heart, shadow, body

The Roman funeral was typically carried out by?

The family

How many groups of people have greatly influenced funeral service?

Three

Cremation and earth burial were both modes of final disposition practiced by the Romans?

True

In Egyptian embalming practices, canonic jars were used to store what?

Viscera

What was the early Roman view of the afterlife which has emphasis on the soul as the vital principal; the soul of the dead hovered around the place of burial and required constant attention of the descendants to be happy or neglect would bring evil upon them?

Animistic View

In the Middle Ages, the coffin/casket was placed on a raised platform. The raised platform is called a?

Catafalque

What was the effect on the cemeteries in regards to the great plague of London?

Cemeteries were overcrowded

Ancient Egyptians believed that the souls of the deceased would make a 3000 year journey, what was it called?

Circle of Necessity

The necropolis was?

City of the dead

The most common form of disposition for the early Scandinavians was?

Cremation/fire burial

What group of people practices placing loved ones on an ox-driven cart?

Egyptians

Who contributed the most to funeral services?

Egyptians

Of the four canopic jars, which held the lungs?

Hapi

The civilization of people whose faith necessitated burial of the deceased by sundown on the day of death?

Hebrews

Which culture has the death belief that the basar is the flesh and the nefesh is the breath a spirit like substance that dwells within the flesh during life?

Hebrews

A social development in the Middle Ages whereby the bodies of the noble were separated and the bones were brought back to their home in a chest describes?

Independent bone burial

Death beliefs within the Egyptian culture such as the elements of the body, which remained with the body in the grave "demanded attention from the living" was known as?

Ka

What is the Egyptian word for "demanded attention from the living"?

Ka

The undertaking specialist in Egypt was referred to as the priest is?

Kher-heb

The designator in Rome was also referred to as?

Master of ceremonies

Who believed that the soul of man although spared at death from the body "hovered around the place of burial" for its continues peace and happiness?

Romans

Egyptian burial receptacles, which are large, massive and rectangular, describes the ______ casket

Sarcophagus

Egyptian burial receptacles, which were rectangular, were known as?

Sarcophagus

In the Greek culture, although ashes were believed to still have personal and spiritual characteristics, the power of the flame was believed to?

Set the soul free

The ____ was responsible for digging of the graves, ringing of the bells and later conducted the funerals of church yard burials.

Sexton

History class in general could be a boring subject matter, but history of funeral service is interesting and teaches us a lot about where's todays funeral service industry evolved from. True or false?

True