FSE 112 Midterm Questions with Correct Answers 100% Verified Naidia were the ____ Greek structures for burial. - Correct Answer Temple-like In order to have someone to provide for him in his afterlife, it was important for a Hebrew to have
a/an: - Correct Answer Son
This person could be given money, bread, and a bowl of beer to "assume the sins of the deceased": - Correct Answer Sin eater Although embalming was rare in biblical times, which of these persons was embalmed? - Correct Answer Joseph Which Egyptian embalming method consisted of purging the intestines and soaking the body for a period of seventy days? - Correct Answer Least Expensive
"Reducers" was another term for: - Correct Answer Bloodletting
The Burial in Woolen Act stressed that the dead should be buried in what substance or material? - Correct Answer Wool In which Egyptian embalming method were the organs removed and placed in jars? - Correct Answer Most expensive The Burial in Woolen Act was created in what year? - Correct Answer 1666 In late 17th century and early 18th century England, if undertakers made a sideline of furnishing
upholstery, then area drapers: - Correct Answer Began to furnish funerary goods
During the Middle Ages and in early New England, the "___ to funerals" was hired to walk between homes, tell of a death, and actually invite the householder to the funeral service. - Correct Answer Inviter 1 / 2
The early Christians were forced to go underground and perform their worship in tombs. What were these underground tombs called? - Correct Answer Catacombs
Greek "trapazae" were the: - Correct Answer Square-cut tombs
Another name for the Egyptian physician was the: - Correct Answer Priest
If one does not believe in God, like the Egyptians were described, this person would be called a: - Correct Answer Pagan Coffined burial during the Middle Ages was: - Correct Answer reserved for the wealthy and important The vogue of black was given a powerful boost in 1498, when black was substituted for white by ___, the widow of Charles VIII of France - Correct Answer Anne During the Middle Ages, linen was becoming rare and laws were created to limit its use as a burial material. This is mainly because linen was needed or used for: - Correct Answer Paper The Greek stelae, are also called a ____ tomb - Correct Answer Shaft Who embalmed the body of the wife of Martin Van Butchell? Her body was kept on display in the house for years until Mr. Butchell's second wife complained and the remains were removed from the residence. - Correct Answer John Hunter The Egyptian deceased were often soaked in ___ for a prescribed number of days - Correct Answer Natron During the Middle Ages, when royalty died, a likeness or "fake" body would be created of the deceased, then the likeness of this person might be dressed in royal attire and placed in a special hearse and paraded throughout towns. This ensured the safety of the "real" body while also avoiding showing a possible decomposing body. What was this likeness called? - Correct Answer Effigy These were established during the Middle Ages to help defray the enormous expense involved in funeral services: participants paid a "quarterage" or a premium - Correct Answer Burial clubs
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