FSE 112 Final Exam Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Coffined burial during the middle ages was: Ans: was reserved for the
wealthy and important
Who embalmed the body of the wife of Martin Van Butchell? Ans: John
Hunter
The Greek stelae, are also called a ___ tomb Ans: Shaft
anthropmorphic or anthropodal refers to the shape of some early
Egyptian coffins. They were in the shape of a ____ Ans: Man
What group believed in their afterlife as the "elysian fields" Ans: Greeks
The Romans believed that the "soul was the vital principle" of every
human being. This contributed to their ____ view of death. Ans:
Animistic
Who in the course of their studies, dissected over 50 cadavers and made
over 750 illustrations? Ans: Leonardo da vinci
In which embalming method were the organs removed and placed in jars
Ans: Most expensive
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Greek- Trapazze were the Ans: square-cut tombs
What group or culture believed that their wealthy should have animals,
servants, and food for their afterlife? Ans: Egyptians
In order to have someone to provide for him in his afterlife, it was
important for a Hebrew to have a/an Ans: Son
In the late 17th century and early 18th century England, if undertakers
made a sideline of furnishing upholstery, then area drapers: Ans:
Began to furnish funerary goods
D'Argellata (a professor of anatomny) was the first to mention the use of
____to retard decomposition in cadavers Ans: low temperatures
"Reducers" was another term for___ Ans: Bloodletting
What type of disposition did the early Germans and Scandinavians favor
for their dead? Ans: Cremation
These were established during the middle ages to help defray the
enormous expense involved in funeral services: Participants paid a
"quarterage" or a premium Ans: Burial clubs
The early Christians were forced to go underground and perform their
worship in tombs. What were these underground tombs called? Ans:
Catacombs
Naidia were the___Greek structures for burial Ans: Temple-like