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Which represents the role of children in Hawaiian family gatherings and rituals? |
| | A) | They are an important part of family gatherings and rituals. |
| | B) | Children should be seen and not heard. |
| | C) | They are not allowed to attend. |
| | D) | They are not told about death until they are twelve years old. |
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In Chinese funerals, what is burned for the deceased to use in the next life? |
| | A) | Fêng-shui |
| | B) | Hell notes |
| | C) | The person's house |
| | D) | Bamboo |
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Which represents how the Japanese typically dispose of their dead? |
| | A) | Cremation followed by burial of the ashes |
| | B) | Ground burial |
| | C) | Cremation followed by placement of the ashes in an urn |
| | D) | Burial at sea |
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Which of the following statements is true of cultural groups in Hawaii? |
| | A) | The various groups maintain distinctive identity and culture while sharing elements of their identity and culture with the overall community. |
| | B) | The various groups now all practice the same cultural beliefs. |
| | C) | The various groups have all lost their own unique identity and culture. |
| | D) | The various groups refuse to marry outside their own cultural group to preserve their unique identity. |
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Which is not an item that Neanderthals were buried with to assist them with the passage from the land of the living to the land of the dead? |
| | A) | Blankets |
| | B) | Ornamental shells |
| | C) | Stone implements |
| | D) | Food |
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What did the Neanderthal corpse stained with red ochre and placed in the fetal position suggest in burial? |
| | A) | Humanistic approach |
| | B) | Revitalization and rebirth |
| | C) | Artistic interpretation |
| | D) | Transition and growth |
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Fijian mythology usually has death centered upon |
| | A) | soulful inadequacy. |
| | B) | spiritual loss. |
| | C) | human transgression. |
| | D) | sexual desires. |
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In the epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh went on a journey to find what? |
| | A) | A proper burial site |
| | B) | The secret to immortality |
| | C) | His friend Enkidu |
| | D) | Youth |
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What type of orientation do traditional societies typically embrace when seeking the cause of death? |
| | A) | Ecological |
| | B) | Biological |
| | C) | Accidental |
| | D) | Individual |
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What focus do traditional societies tend to have in regards to the deceased? |
| | A) | Anger |
| | B) | Deep respect for the soul |
| | C) | Insurmountable feelings of loss |
| | D) | Reincarnation beliefs |
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In traditional societies, a shaman's duty is to |
| | A) | act as an intermediary between the living and the dead. |
| | B) | lead the family in mourning. |
| | C) | write poetic songs about the deceased. |
| | D) | publicly profess love for the deceased. |
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Referring to a deceased individual as "that one" is an example of what? |
| | A) | Ignorance |
| | B) | Name avoidance |
| | C) | Necromancy |
| | D) | Individual attention |
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What public tradition signified that someone had passed away? |
| | A) | Town crier |
| | B) | Monthly church services |
| | C) | Parade of Souls |
| | D) | Ringing of the bell |
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In 1861, Queen Victoria set the trend for elaborate funeral etiquette when Prince Albert passed away. What ideal did she represent? |
| | A) | Romantic death |
| | B) | Beautiful death |
| | C) | Everlasting love |
| | D) | Morbid confusion |
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During the Middle Ages, which was a customary practice surrounding a person's dying? |
| | A) | Lying down with the deceased's head facing East toward Jerusalem |
| | B) | A dying person turning away from the earthly realm and toward the divine |
| | C) | Family and friends being present |
| | D) | All of the above |
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What phrase best defines how death became the mirror in which a dying person could discover his or her destiny by taking a moral balance sheet of his or her life? |
| | A) | Speculum mortis |
| | B) | Momento mori |
| | C) | Muerto nuevo |
| | D) | Secular plan |
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What is a charnel house? |
| | A) | A type of mortuary |
| | B) | A brothel |
| | C) | A structure containing the bones and skulls of Christians |
| | D) | A hospice founded in the nineteenth century |
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In the twelfth century, finding a grave that is marked "Here Lies John Doe" is an example of what? |
| | A) | Revolution |
| | B) | Heroism |
| | C) | Memorialization |
| | D) | Individualism |
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What does the theme danse macabre mean? |
| | A) | Black Death |
| | B) | Dance of Death |
| | C) | Dance of Happiness |
| | D) | Artistic Death |
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The Dance of Death involved which of the following? |
| | A) | Flags and banners |
| | B) | Butterflies and dragonflies |
| | C) | Elaborate poems |
| | D) | Corpses and cadavers |
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The Lakota battle cry "It's a good day to die," signified which of the following? |
| | A) | That Native Americans had won their battle |
| | B) | That Native Americans saw death as a natural event |
| | C) | That the Lakota tribe viewed death as an unexpected event |
| | D) | That all hope for the Lakota tribe to win the battle was lost |
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What is the main difference in the view of death by the Cocopa as compared with the Hopi tribe? |
| | A) | The Cocopa tend to embrace death whereas the Hopi tend to want it quickly forgotten. |
| | B) | The Cocopa tend to promote negative thoughts about the deceased and the Hopi shunned negative thoughts about the deceased. |
| | C) | The Hopi tend to enjoy their ancestors and the Cocopa deny their ancestors. |
| | D) | The Hopi tend to embrace death whereas the Cocopa tend to want it quickly forgotten. |
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Which tribe had funeral ceremonies lasting up to several years, which utilized the rainy season and included four distinct, successive phases? |
| | A) | LoDagaa |
| | B) | Navajo |
| | C) | Hopi |
| | D) | Iksa |
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In Celtic traditions, what is the term for the breach in time when contact between the living and the dead was especially possible? |
| | A) | Valhalla |
| | B) | Samhain |
| | C) | Valkyries |
| | D) | Druids |
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