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Funeral Service Management I: Cremation – Q’s And A’s
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Funeral Service Management I: Cremation – Q’s And A’sAccording the the Cremation Association of North America, cremation began
during the early __________________ around ______________________. Right Ans -
Stone Age, 3000 BC
By _________________, the era of the ___________________, the practice of cremation
was widespread from Ireland and Hungary. Right Ans - 1000 BC, Early Iron
Age
In Hungary, the process of cremation: Right Ans - Symbolized refinement of
the precious essence of spirit, like smelting precious metals.
Which Greek text described in great detail the athletic games that preceded
cremation? Right Ans - Homer's Iliad
What was the mode of disposition for the Greek hero Patroclus? Right Ans -
Clothed in linen, cremated, and remains placed in golden vase
At what time did cremation become a regular form of disposition in
Scandinavia? Right Ans - Middle Bronze Age
Cremation remained the favored method of disposition in Scandinavia until
what time? Right Ans - 10th century AD
What were the two ideas which helped cremation gain popularity in early
northern Europe? Right Ans - Cremation kept spirits from harming the
living and, like the Greeks, the belief it freed the spirit.
What are the two reasons cremation fell out of favor in early Europe and Asia?
Right Ans - The Egyptian belief in the necessity of keeping a body whole for
the afterlife (leading to the tradition of mummification) and the Rome
opposition to paganism by emulating Christ's entombment.
Cremation was introduced into North America during the _______________________.
Right Ans - 18th century
, What are two factors which helped raise the popularity of cremation in the
United States during the 19th century? Right Ans - The Protestant clergy
trying to reduce funeral expenses and a concern for health.
American undertakers believed that cremation was: Right Ans - Not a
noble act
When was the first cremation in the US? Right Ans - December 6, 1876
Although the first cremation was performed in 1876, the practice didn't gain
popularity until _________________ later. Right Ans - 80 years
What factors in the 1960s helped interest in cremation grow? Right Ans -
Increasing costs of earth burial and the rapid sociological and spiritual
changes
The Decade of Change Right Ans - The 1960's
What publication led the way for the change in public mindset toward the
funeral industry in the 1960s? Right Ans - Jessica Mitford's 'The American
Way of Death'
What were the reasons most FDs resisted change in the 1960s? Right Ans -
- Traditional funerals were the only appropriate funerals
- FDs imposing their own beliefs on families and creating a roadblock to their
caregiving
- A negative economic effect of not selling an embalmed casket service
- Lack of facilities to hold unembalmed bodies
- Little preparation or training in handling nontraditional families and
services
The Decade of Resistance Right Ans - The 1970's
What helped to get the cremation ball rolling in the 1970s? Right Ans - The
rise of cremation societies in California, Telophase and Neptune
What external groups helped funeral service gain support during the 1970s?
Right Ans - Caregiving medical experts, Kubler-Ross, and the hospice
movement
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