FSE 215 - MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
A STATE CASKET IS ONE WHICH
BODY PANELS ARE AT 90 DEGREES TO BOTTOM AND CORNERS FORM A 90
DEGREE ANGLE - ALSO CALLED VERTICAL SIDE SQUARE
YOUR FRIEND TELLS YOU THAT SHE ATTENDED HER GRANDMOTHER'S
FUNERAL AND THAT THE CASKET WAS 8 SIDED. FROM THIS DESCRIPTION,
YOU CORRECTLY DEDUCT THAT THE CASKET MATERIAL WAS
CLOTH COVERED WOOD
WHAT CASKET SHELL DESIGN RESEMBLES AN OLD TIME CLAW FOOT
BATHTUB IN SHAPE?
ELLIPTIC ENDED
A FLARING SIDE CASKET IS MOST LIKELY TO BE WHICH SHELL DESIGN?
SQUARE CORNERED
WHAT TERM BEST DESCRIBES HOW BEAUTIFUL OR NICE SOMETHING
APPEARS?
AESTHETICS
THE TERM 'CASKET' COMES FROM THE ROOT WORD
CASSE
WHICH OF THESE BURIAL RECEPTICLES WAS OLDEST (HISTORICALLY)?
COFFIN
, WHAT DOES CASSE MEAN?
LITTLE BOX
WHICH OF THESE HARDWARE PARTS ACTUALLY CONNECTS THE HARDWARE
TO THE SIDE OF THE CASKET?
LUG
BAIL HANDLE HARDWARE
DOESN'T MOVE/STATIONARY
WHAT PART OF THE HARDWARE GROUPING DO THE PALLBEARERS
ACTUALLY GRASP?
BAR
THIS PART OF THE HARDWARE GROUPING MAY BE FOUND ON A CASKET FOR
DECORATION OR TO ADD STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OR NOT BE FOUND ON
THE CASKET AT ALL?
CORNER
THIS OPENING STYLE ALLOWS FOR HALF OR FULL TYPES
PERFECTION COUCH
WHAT IS THE POSITION OF THE OGEE IN THE OPEN PERFECTION COUCH
CASKET?
IT WAS CONNECTED IN ONE PIECE W/CAP THEREFORE RAISED FOR VIEWING
THIS CASKET STYLE OPENING ALLOWS FOR SINGLE OR DOUBLE STYLE
HINGED CAP
THE SLIP HEAD PANEL IS A VARIATION OF WHAT OPENING STYLE?
SINGLE HINGED CAP
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
A STATE CASKET IS ONE WHICH
BODY PANELS ARE AT 90 DEGREES TO BOTTOM AND CORNERS FORM A 90
DEGREE ANGLE - ALSO CALLED VERTICAL SIDE SQUARE
YOUR FRIEND TELLS YOU THAT SHE ATTENDED HER GRANDMOTHER'S
FUNERAL AND THAT THE CASKET WAS 8 SIDED. FROM THIS DESCRIPTION,
YOU CORRECTLY DEDUCT THAT THE CASKET MATERIAL WAS
CLOTH COVERED WOOD
WHAT CASKET SHELL DESIGN RESEMBLES AN OLD TIME CLAW FOOT
BATHTUB IN SHAPE?
ELLIPTIC ENDED
A FLARING SIDE CASKET IS MOST LIKELY TO BE WHICH SHELL DESIGN?
SQUARE CORNERED
WHAT TERM BEST DESCRIBES HOW BEAUTIFUL OR NICE SOMETHING
APPEARS?
AESTHETICS
THE TERM 'CASKET' COMES FROM THE ROOT WORD
CASSE
WHICH OF THESE BURIAL RECEPTICLES WAS OLDEST (HISTORICALLY)?
COFFIN
, WHAT DOES CASSE MEAN?
LITTLE BOX
WHICH OF THESE HARDWARE PARTS ACTUALLY CONNECTS THE HARDWARE
TO THE SIDE OF THE CASKET?
LUG
BAIL HANDLE HARDWARE
DOESN'T MOVE/STATIONARY
WHAT PART OF THE HARDWARE GROUPING DO THE PALLBEARERS
ACTUALLY GRASP?
BAR
THIS PART OF THE HARDWARE GROUPING MAY BE FOUND ON A CASKET FOR
DECORATION OR TO ADD STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OR NOT BE FOUND ON
THE CASKET AT ALL?
CORNER
THIS OPENING STYLE ALLOWS FOR HALF OR FULL TYPES
PERFECTION COUCH
WHAT IS THE POSITION OF THE OGEE IN THE OPEN PERFECTION COUCH
CASKET?
IT WAS CONNECTED IN ONE PIECE W/CAP THEREFORE RAISED FOR VIEWING
THIS CASKET STYLE OPENING ALLOWS FOR SINGLE OR DOUBLE STYLE
HINGED CAP
THE SLIP HEAD PANEL IS A VARIATION OF WHAT OPENING STYLE?
SINGLE HINGED CAP
