FSE 118 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
Embalming defined by the ABFSE (American Board of Funeral Service)
The chemical treatment of the dead human body to reduce the presence and growth of
microorganisms, to temporarily inhibit organic decomposition, and to restore the dead
human body to an acceptable physical appearance
Who wrote the American Way of Death?
Jessica Mitford
-An attack against funeral directors
"Embalming as a means if artificially preserving the dead human body is one of
human kind's longest practiced arts"
Edward C Johnson
___________________________ is deeply engrained in human nature and is the
basic ethical axiom of the funeral service profession
Reverence
The earliest known ______________ ____________________
_______________________ preformed deliberate ritualistic burials; and reverent
care is suggested in their practices.
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
Researchers discovered what in the Shanidar Cave of Northern Iraq?
,The remains of eight adults and two infant neanderthals. Some of the dead were
adorned with elk antlers and shouldering blades. Whole clumps of flower pollen found in
the cave suggested a placement of flowering plants. Stone tools were also discovered.
Flowers used in ritualistic practices by the neanderthals likely served two
purposes...
1. Medicinal offerings
2. Masking unpleasant odors
"The ancient Egyptians did not regard death as the end of life, but as an
intermediary stage towards a better eternal life. Eternity was achieved by those
who lived a virtuous life and were able to furnish their tombs and recieve funerary
offerings from their relatives. The poor attained immortality through the mercy of
the gods. Released after death, the spiritual elements continued to exist so long
as the body remained in a recognizable state, hence the development of
mummification.
Exhibit at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens
Who wrote bodies in Motion and at Rest
Thomas Lynch
Ancient Arab proverb about the pyramids...
"All the world fears Time, but Time fears the Pyramids"
What are the three verses in the bible that reference embalming?
1. Genesis 50:2-3
2. Genesis 50:26
3. John 11:44
, Genesis 50:2, 3
Recounts the death of Jacob (also known as Israel). "And Joseph commanded his
servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel"
Genesis 50:26
Refers to the embalming of Joseph. "So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten.
And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt."
John 11:44
Describes burial preparations for Lazarus: the use of grave straps to bind the arms, feet,
and chin. Similarity is drawn to modern methods of mouth closure and positioning
devices used to create a natural appearance
Funerary preparations of Jesus describe the....
Binding of his body, dressing in fine white linens, and anointing with spices, fragrant
oils, and myrrh.
Numerous cultures in the ____________________________________ practice
ceremonial bathing and shrouding
transcontinental Middle East
"Rituals of death rest on the basic need, recognized by all societies to remove the
bodies of the dead from among the living. A corpse must be taken fairly quickly
from here, the place of death, to somewhere else. But no healthy society has ever
treated this as a perfunctory task, a matter of mere disposal. Indeed, from the
beginning, humans have used poetry, song, and prayer to describe the journey of
the dead from 'here' to 'there' in symbolic, even sacred terms. The dead are not
simply being carted to the pit, the fire, or the river; they are traveling toward the
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
Embalming defined by the ABFSE (American Board of Funeral Service)
The chemical treatment of the dead human body to reduce the presence and growth of
microorganisms, to temporarily inhibit organic decomposition, and to restore the dead
human body to an acceptable physical appearance
Who wrote the American Way of Death?
Jessica Mitford
-An attack against funeral directors
"Embalming as a means if artificially preserving the dead human body is one of
human kind's longest practiced arts"
Edward C Johnson
___________________________ is deeply engrained in human nature and is the
basic ethical axiom of the funeral service profession
Reverence
The earliest known ______________ ____________________
_______________________ preformed deliberate ritualistic burials; and reverent
care is suggested in their practices.
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
Researchers discovered what in the Shanidar Cave of Northern Iraq?
,The remains of eight adults and two infant neanderthals. Some of the dead were
adorned with elk antlers and shouldering blades. Whole clumps of flower pollen found in
the cave suggested a placement of flowering plants. Stone tools were also discovered.
Flowers used in ritualistic practices by the neanderthals likely served two
purposes...
1. Medicinal offerings
2. Masking unpleasant odors
"The ancient Egyptians did not regard death as the end of life, but as an
intermediary stage towards a better eternal life. Eternity was achieved by those
who lived a virtuous life and were able to furnish their tombs and recieve funerary
offerings from their relatives. The poor attained immortality through the mercy of
the gods. Released after death, the spiritual elements continued to exist so long
as the body remained in a recognizable state, hence the development of
mummification.
Exhibit at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens
Who wrote bodies in Motion and at Rest
Thomas Lynch
Ancient Arab proverb about the pyramids...
"All the world fears Time, but Time fears the Pyramids"
What are the three verses in the bible that reference embalming?
1. Genesis 50:2-3
2. Genesis 50:26
3. John 11:44
, Genesis 50:2, 3
Recounts the death of Jacob (also known as Israel). "And Joseph commanded his
servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel"
Genesis 50:26
Refers to the embalming of Joseph. "So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten.
And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt."
John 11:44
Describes burial preparations for Lazarus: the use of grave straps to bind the arms, feet,
and chin. Similarity is drawn to modern methods of mouth closure and positioning
devices used to create a natural appearance
Funerary preparations of Jesus describe the....
Binding of his body, dressing in fine white linens, and anointing with spices, fragrant
oils, and myrrh.
Numerous cultures in the ____________________________________ practice
ceremonial bathing and shrouding
transcontinental Middle East
"Rituals of death rest on the basic need, recognized by all societies to remove the
bodies of the dead from among the living. A corpse must be taken fairly quickly
from here, the place of death, to somewhere else. But no healthy society has ever
treated this as a perfunctory task, a matter of mere disposal. Indeed, from the
beginning, humans have used poetry, song, and prayer to describe the journey of
the dead from 'here' to 'there' in symbolic, even sacred terms. The dead are not
simply being carted to the pit, the fire, or the river; they are traveling toward the
