Question 1

On the basis of her work in anthropology, Margaret Mead wrote that she knew of

Accepted Answer

A)  no people who did not have rituals by which to deal with death 
B)  some people who did not have rituals by which to deal with death 
C)  many people who did not have rituals by which to deal with death 
D)  many strange people 
E)  many strange anthropologists 
A)  no people who did not have rituals by which to deal with death 
B)  some people who did not have rituals by which to deal with death 
C)  many people who did not have rituals by which to deal with death 
D)  many strange people 
E)  many strange anthropologists A

Question 2

Research on funeral practices in American has shown

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A)  widespread social dissatisfaction with these practices 
B)  that the bulk of these services are provided by friends 
C)  that they typically extend over a long period of time 
D)  broad public regard for the comfort they provide 
E)  many societies have no funeral rituals 
A)  widespread social dissatisfaction with these practices 
B)  that the bulk of these services are provided by friends 
C)  that they typically extend over a long period of time 
D)  broad public regard for the comfort they provide 
E)  many societies have no funeral rituals D

Question 3

Hospice bereavement services

Accepted Answer

A)  are exclusively offered to hospice patients and their family members 
B)  use personal contacts rather than mailings 
C)  do not include support groups for the bereaved 
D)  include services offered to community members 
E)  are limited to services offered by professionals 
A)  are exclusively offered to hospice patients and their family members 
B)  use personal contacts rather than mailings 
C)  do not include support groups for the bereaved 
D)  include services offered to community members 
E)  are limited to services offered by professionals D

Question 4

Hospice bereavement follow-up services are usually offered by

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A)  psychotherapists 
B)  clergy persons 
C)  physicians and nurses 
D)  social workers 
E)  trained volunteers 
A)  psychotherapists 
B)  clergy persons 
C)  physicians and nurses 
D)  social workers 
E)  trained volunteers

Question 5

Grave markers in contemporary American society

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A)  often display elaborate epitaphs 
B)  frequently take the form of wooden markers 
C)  typically involve flower arrangements 
D)  are often flush to the ground 
E)  none of these 
A)  often display elaborate epitaphs 
B)  frequently take the form of wooden markers 
C)  typically involve flower arrangements 
D)  are often flush to the ground 
E)  none of these

Question 6

In accomplishing the task of making real the implications of death through funeral ritual, survivors may

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A)  stare at the body 
B)  make repeated returns to the casket 
C)  kiss the body 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these 
A)  stare at the body 
B)  make repeated returns to the casket 
C)  kiss the body 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these

Question 7

Aftercare programs in the funeral industry that involve extra staff but no extensive training and that offer telephone calls, newsletters, social, dinners, and travel illustrate

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A)  casual (informal) aftercare programs 
B)  fundamental (formal) aftercare programs 
C)  standard (formal) aftercare programs 
D)  premier (formal) aftercare programs 
E)  regular (informal) aftercare programs 
A)  casual (informal) aftercare programs 
B)  fundamental (formal) aftercare programs 
C)  standard (formal) aftercare programs 
D)  premier (formal) aftercare programs 
E)  regular (informal) aftercare programs

Question 8

Sloane has said that the most remarkable changes in the American cemetery industry in the last 40 years have included

Accepted Answer

A)  the resurgence of entombment as an important method of disposal 
B)  the steady decline of cremation 
C)  the absence of alternatives to earth burial 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these 
A)  the resurgence of entombment as an important method of disposal 
B)  the steady decline of cremation 
C)  the absence of alternatives to earth burial 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these

Question 9

Roadside memorials are most often used by bereaved persons

Accepted Answer

A)  to mark a death-related site as "sacred" in some sense 
B)  to take note of the slow death of an elderly person 
C)  to serve as a warning to other persons 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these 
A)  to mark a death-related site as "sacred" in some sense 
B)  to take note of the slow death of an elderly person 
C)  to serve as a warning to other persons 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these

Question 10

Achieving a new integration after death may be difficult when

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A)  mourners find they need not see themselves as alone 
B)  survivors successfully renegotiate their relationship to whatever they conceive the transcendent to be 
C)  funeral rituals only last a few days after the death 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these 
A)  mourners find they need not see themselves as alone 
B)  survivors successfully renegotiate their relationship to whatever they conceive the transcendent to be 
C)  funeral rituals only last a few days after the death 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these

Question 11

The most common form of body disposal in the United States is

Accepted Answer

A)  cremation 
B)  entombment in a mausoleum 
C)  burial in the ground 
D)  donation for research purposes 
E)  through a memorial service 
A)  cremation 
B)  entombment in a mausoleum 
C)  burial in the ground 
D)  donation for research purposes 
E)  through a memorial service

Question 12

Ritual is said to be "a general word for corporate symbolic activity." In this view ritual involves

Accepted Answer

A)  external actions and it is social 
B)  external actions and it is private 
C)  internal actions and it is social 
D)  internal actions and it is private 
E)  none of these 
A)  external actions and it is social 
B)  external actions and it is private 
C)  internal actions and it is social 
D)  internal actions and it is private 
E)  none of these

Question 13

Funeral and memorial practices in the United States have been criticized for being

Accepted Answer

A)  useless and repugnant 
B)  lavish and expensive 
C)  a form of fantasized flight from reality 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these 
A)  useless and repugnant 
B)  lavish and expensive 
C)  a form of fantasized flight from reality 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these

Question 14

The title of Rabbi Kushner's book, When Bad Things Happen to Good People, is an example of which of the following characteristics of bereavement support groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  existential issues 
B)  cohesiveness 
C)  instillation of hope 
D)  guidance 
E)  altruism 
A)  existential issues 
B)  cohesiveness 
C)  instillation of hope 
D)  guidance 
E)  altruism

Question 15

Aftercare programs in the funeral industry that involve extra staff with specific training in bereavement issues and that offer special holiday programs and community education are
Examples of

Accepted Answer

A)  premier (formal) aftercare programs 
B)  casual (informal) aftercare programs 
C)  standard (formal) aftercare programs 
D)  fundamental (formal) aftercare programs 
E)  regular (informal) aftercare programs 
A)  premier (formal) aftercare programs 
B)  casual (informal) aftercare programs 
C)  standard (formal) aftercare programs 
D)  fundamental (formal) aftercare programs 
E)  regular (informal) aftercare programs

Question 16

Individuals who experience the death of an important person in their lives may undergo "disintegration" in the sense that they experience

Accepted Answer

A)  a loss of integrity and unity within themselves 
B)  disrupted sleep patterns 
C)  a feeling that they are "going crazy" 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these 
A)  a loss of integrity and unity within themselves 
B)  disrupted sleep patterns 
C)  a feeling that they are "going crazy" 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these

Question 17

The physical or geographical drawing together after a death of persons who ordinarily see little of each other in their everyday lives is primarily an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  making real the implications of a death 
B)  disintegration 
C)  integration 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these 
A)  making real the implications of a death 
B)  disintegration 
C)  integration 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these

Question 18

Support groups for the bereaved that offer opportunities for mutual aid and self-help in coping with loss and grief may be

Accepted Answer

A)  time-limited or ongoing and open-ended 
B)  led by a professional facilitator or an experienced bereaved person 
C)  focused on all types of bereavement or on a specific type of loss 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these 
A)  time-limited or ongoing and open-ended 
B)  led by a professional facilitator or an experienced bereaved person 
C)  focused on all types of bereavement or on a specific type of loss 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these

Question 19

Roadside memorials have been criticized because it is claimed that they

Accepted Answer

A)  are distracting to drivers 
B)  violate the separation of church and state 
C)  interfere with maintenance of the right of way along the road 
D)  are a form of visual pollution 
E)  all of these 
A)  are distracting to drivers 
B)  violate the separation of church and state 
C)  interfere with maintenance of the right of way along the road 
D)  are a form of visual pollution 
E)  all of these

Question 20

After the death of a loved one, disintegration can occur at

Accepted Answer

A)  the social level 
B)  the familial level 
C)  the individual level 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these 
A)  the social level 
B)  the familial level 
C)  the individual level 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these

On the basis of her work in anthropology, Margaret Mead wrote that she knew of

Research on funeral practices in American has shown

Hospice bereavement services

Hospice bereavement follow-up services are usually offered by

Grave markers in contemporary American society

In accomplishing the task of making real the implications of death through funeral ritual, survivors may

Aftercare programs in the funeral industry that involve extra staff but no extensive training and that offer telephone calls, newsletters, social, dinners, and travel illustrate

Sloane has said that the most remarkable changes in the American cemetery industry in the last 40 years have included

Roadside memorials are most often used by bereaved persons

Achieving a new integration after death may be difficult when

The most common form of body disposal in the United States is

Ritual is said to be "a general word for corporate symbolic activity." In this view ritual involves

Funeral and memorial practices in the United States have been criticized for being

The title of Rabbi Kushner's book, When Bad Things Happen to Good People, is an example of which of the following characteristics of bereavement support groups?

Aftercare programs in the funeral industry that involve extra staff with specific training in bereavement issues and that offer special holiday programs and community education are Examples of

Individuals who experience the death of an important person in their lives may undergo "disintegration" in the sense that they experience

The physical or geographical drawing together after a death of persons who ordinarily see little of each other in their everyday lives is primarily an example of

Support groups for the bereaved that offer opportunities for mutual aid and self-help in coping with loss and grief may be

Roadside memorials have been criticized because it is claimed that they

After the death of a loved one, disintegration can occur at

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Changing Encounters With Death

Changing Attitudes Toward Death

Death-Related Practices and the American Death System

Cultural Patterns and Death

Coping With Dying

Coping With Dying: How Individuals Can Help

Coping With Dying: How Communities Can Help

Coping With Loss and Grief

Coping With Loss and Grief: How Individuals Can Help

Children

Adolescents

Young and Middle-Aged Adults

Older Adults

Legal Issues

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Intentionally Ending a Human Life

The Meaning and Place of Death in Life

Illustrating the Themes of This Book: Alzheimers Disease

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Exam 11: Coping With Loss and Grief: Funeral Practices and Other Ways Communities Can Help

On the basis of her work in anthropology, Margaret Mead wrote that she knew of

Research on funeral practices in American has shown

Hospice bereavement services

Hospice bereavement follow-up services are usually offered by

Grave markers in contemporary American society

In accomplishing the task of making real the implications of death through funeral ritual, survivors may

Aftercare programs in the funeral industry that involve extra staff but no extensive training and that offer telephone calls, newsletters, social, dinners, and travel illustrate

Sloane has said that the most remarkable changes in the American cemetery industry in the last 40 years have included

Roadside memorials are most often used by bereaved persons

Achieving a new integration after death may be difficult when

The most common form of body disposal in the United States is

Ritual is said to be "a general word for corporate symbolic activity." In this view ritual involves

Funeral and memorial practices in the United States have been criticized for being

The title of Rabbi Kushner's book, When Bad Things Happen to Good People, is an example of which of the following characteristics of bereavement support groups?

Aftercare programs in the funeral industry that involve extra staff with specific training in bereavement issues and that offer special holiday programs and community education are Examples of

Individuals who experience the death of an important person in their lives may undergo "disintegration" in the sense that they experience

The physical or geographical drawing together after a death of persons who ordinarily see little of each other in their everyday lives is primarily an example of

Support groups for the bereaved that offer opportunities for mutual aid and self-help in coping with loss and grief may be

Roadside memorials have been criticized because it is claimed that they

After the death of a loved one, disintegration can occur at

Learning About Death, Dying, and Bereavement

Changing Encounters With Death

Changing Attitudes Toward Death

Death-Related Practices and the American Death System

Cultural Patterns and Death

Coping With Dying

Coping With Dying: How Individuals Can Help

Coping With Dying: How Communities Can Help

Coping With Loss and Grief

Coping With Loss and Grief: How Individuals Can Help

Children

Adolescents

Young and Middle-Aged Adults

Older Adults

Legal Issues

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Intentionally Ending a Human Life

The Meaning and Place of Death in Life

Illustrating the Themes of This Book: Alzheimers Disease

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