Sociology of Death and Dying Final Test Solutions
Course Introduction
This course explores the social, cultural, and historical perspectives surrounding death and dying. Students will examine how different societies understand, ritualize, and respond to mortality, including the impact of religion, family, and public policy on practices related to death. Topics include the process of dying, bereavement, memorialization, ethical issues in end-of-life care, and the changing attitudes toward death in modern society. Through case studies, literature, and cross-cultural comparison, the course invites students to critically analyze the role of death in shaping social norms, values, and institutions.
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The Last Dance Encountering Death and Dying 10th Edition by Lynne Ann DeSpelder
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Chapter 1: Attitudes Toward Death: A Climate of Change
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Q1) Suse Lowenstein's work Dark Elegy functions as a reminder that A)death is a dark figure.
B)life is fragile and survivors have to live with the loss.
C)classical and Christian symbols of death can be combined.
D)black is the color lining a casket.
Answer: B
Q2) Wilson identified celebrity death as a category of death in country music.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The establishment of death studies, in modern times, can be traced to explorations of death by
A)Saunders.
B)Becker.
C)Freud.
D)Kubler-Ross.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Learning About Death: Socialization
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Q1) According to the text, approximately what percentage of Americans are affiliated with a religious tradition
A)60 percent
B)33 percent
C)50 percent
D)90 percent
Answer: D
Q2) According to Erik Erikson's theory, during which developmental stage do children increasingly seek their own direction and purpose
A)Trust vs.mistrust
B)Autonomy vs.shame
C)Initiative vs.guilt
D)Industry vs.inferiority
Answer: C
Q3) Lullabies and nursery rhymes often contain
A)wolves who eat people.
B)fairies who save people.
C)themes of death and violence.
D)supernatural powers.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Perspectives on Death: Historical and Cultural
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Q1) Kaddish, the Jewish mourner's prayer, is said in absolute privacy within seven days of the death.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Nomadic hunting and gathering tribes, such as the Sioux and Apache, generally express more fear of the dead than do sedentary tribes, such as the Pueblo and Navajo.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) What can be defined as "all that in human society which is socially rather than biologically transmitted "
A)Social structure
B)Symbolic interactionism
C)Institutional systems
D)Culture
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Death Systems: Mortality and Society
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Q1) Historically, death has been ascertained by the absence of
A)heartbeat and breathing.
B)consciousness.
C)brain waves.
D)heartbeat and brain waves.
Q2) Devices such as a "life-preserving" coffin refers to a container that is
A)hermetically sealed.
B)elaborate and memorable with photos.
C)equipped to ensure very slow decay of the corpse.
D)equipped with a signaling device.
Q3) What does the debate in Japan regarding brain death and organ transplantation illustrate
A)How culture influences attitudes and practices related to dying and death
B)The difficulty of getting a law passed
C)The confusion surrounding brain death and organ transplantation
D)How important the issue of defining death is True / False Questions
Q4) Death certificates aid in crime detection.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Health Care: Patients, Staff, and Institutions
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Q1) The elements of the health care system are patient, institution, and A)culture.
B)government.
C)staff.
D)spirits.
Q2) In 1900, about 80% of deaths in the United States occurred in the home.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Most hospice care takes place in patients' homes with family members as primary caregivers.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What do experts in trauma and emergency care call the first hour after serious injury
A)The Critical Hour
B)The Crucial Hour
C)The Golden Hour
D)The Trauma Hour
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Chapter 6: End-Of-Life Issues and Decisions
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Q1) According to the laws of intestate succession, when no surviving heirs can be found, then proceeds from the estate go to A)charity.
B)the state.
C)the IRS.
D)the executor.
Q2) State laws specify a minimum age of 21 to make a legal will.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In the medical management of pain, what rule states that a harmful effect of treatment, even if it results in death, is permissible if the harm is not intended and occurs as a side effect of a beneficial action
A)Oregon Death with Dignity rule
B)Rule of double effect
C)Euthanasia rule
D)Rule of beneficence
Q4) Most Americans lack living wills.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Facing Death: Living With Life-Threatening Illness
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Q1) What current illness symbolizes the worst fears about dying
A)Black Plague
B)AIDS
C)Cancer
D)Chronic liver failure
Q2) Which of the following BEST describes a lingering dying trajectory
A)A person dies in a car accident.
B)A patient dies from a progressive chronic illness.
C)A person dies from a massive heart attack.
D)A patient dies from an cerebral aneurysm.
Q3) Terminal restlessness is a welcomed medical condition showing the ability to maintain attention at the end-of-life.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Chemotherapy involves the use of toxic drugs.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Pain can be directly measured and observed.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Last Rites: Funerals and Body Disposition
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Q1) Wal-Mart cells caskets and urns on its website.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is the primary requirement of the FTC Funeral Rule
A)Funeral service providers must give accurate, detailed information about prices and legal requirements to people who are arranging funerals.
B)Only professionals can care for the dead.
C)Funerals are required to be private functions.
D)Grave goods cannot be buried with the deceased.
Q3) An intake fee is the charge for transporting the corpse from the place of death to the mortuary.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Funerals in the United States are mainly
A)structured around the wishes of the deceased.
B)enacted to preserve memories of the deceased.
C)focused on the welfare of the survivors.
D)seen as a vehicle for the dead to emigrate.
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Chapter 9: Survivors: Understanding the Experience of Loss
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Q1) Which of the following typically occurs during the initial period of grief
A)Pining for the deceased
B)Sadness gradually recedes into the background
C)Sense of confusion and disorganization
D)Intense re-experiencing of the history of the relationship with the deceased
Q2) When a person experiences grief physically, as restlessness or mental activity, Terry Martin and Kenneth Doka would identify this pattern of grieving as A)intuitive.
B)instrumental.
C)physical grief.
D)expressive grief.
Q3) Unfinished business is a term that can relate to the A)plans and dreams that the bereaved had shared with the deceased.
B)financial aspects of funeral plans.
C)process that leads to probate.
D)need to act on the wishes of a will.
Q4) Individuals may experience a resurfacing of grief stimulated by a public death.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Death in the Lives of Children and Adolescents
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Q1) Which rule, based on English common law, gives parents and health care providers a guideline for assessing a minor child's capacity to participate in medical decision making
A)Rule of Minority
B)Rule of Sevens
C)Rule of Consent
D)Rule of Inclusion
Q2) All of the following are support groups that help children cope with death and life threatening illness EXCEPT
A)Camp Jamie.
B)HUGS.
C)The Meditational Healing Society.
D)Starlight Children's Foundation.
Q3) Generally, ill children know very little about the world of their hospital, staff and procedures.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Online social networking is a form of support for teens with chronic illness.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Death in the Lives of Adults
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Q1) The death of a parent may cause a person to realize that he or she has become an adult.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which group provides support for children with cancer, their parents, and other family members
A)Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
B)Compassionate Friends Cancer Support Division
C)International Organization of Parents of Children with Cancer
D)American Association of Cancer Support
Q3) Studies of spousal bereavement amongst homosexual couples
A)have focused on the long term (5 to 10 years) following loss.
B)are abundant in Sweden.
C)indicate the absence of deep grief amongst homosexual couples.
D)have been mostly ignored.
Q4) The National Council on Aging uses the term middle-old for those people ages 60 to 75.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 12: Suicide
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Q1) What term applies to the influence of suggestion on suicidal behavior
A)Psychache
B)Romanticistic
C)Werther-effect
D)Crisis suicide
Q2) In the American military, the suicide rate is higher than in the general U.S.population.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to the sociological model, anomic suicides usually occur in societies wherein
A)little change has occurred over a long period of time.
B)traditions are being gradually transformed into modern belief systems.
C)strong group integration exists.
D)social regulation is insufficient.
Q4) Which of the following is considered an individual meaning of suicide
A)Suicide is rest and refuge.
B)Suicide is sinful.
C)Suicide is criminal.
D)Suicide is the Great Death.
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Chapter 13: Risks, Perils, and Traumatic Death
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Q1) Accidents are usually defined as
A)events resulting from various intrinsic factors.
B)events that occur from a known yet ignored cause or source of danger.
C)events that occur by chance or from unknown causes.
D)events over which people have no control.
Q2) Hundreds of people were recovered alive from the collapsed Twin Towers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The media's ambiguity and uncertainty about the actual death toll during a war is
A)an effort to generate public support for war.
B)a result of the public not wanting to know the facts.
C)an effort to promote an anti-war movement.
D)a result of the media's lack of professionalism.
Q4) In combat situations, most soldiers are motivated to fight because of their A)will to survive.
B)sense of camaraderie.
C)sense of patriotism.
D)desire to be heroic.
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Chapter 14: Beyond Deathafter Life
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Q1) Psychoanalytic pioneer Oskar Pfister attributed the near-death experiences of skiers and climbers to
A)psychological defense mechanisms.
B)the Oedipal complex.
C)separation anxiety experienced in childhood.
D)beliefs in religion and eternal bliss.
Q2) In Tibetan Buddhism, what term describes an intermediate or transitional state
A)Bardo
B)Consequential dimension
C)Symbolic immortality
D)Otherworld journey
Q3) The Buddhist term nirvana is best defined as
A)a transitional state.
B)causality.
C)the period after death.
D)extinction.
Q4) One function of religion in society is as a source of emotional support.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: The Path Ahead: Personal and Social Choices
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Q1) According to David Balk, bridging the gap between researchers and practitioners requires
A)dynamic exchange between theory and practice that makes research a useful form of gaining knowledge.
B)step-by-step progression rather than a dynamic process.
C)elimination of the cultural split between thanatologists and therapists.
D)testing practitioners on the literature produced by the researchers.
Q2) After Charles Lindbergh's lymphoma diagnosis, he viewed his life as "an ill-timed disease" and strongly considered physician-assisted suicide.
A)True
B)False
Q3) One component of a "good death" is the affirmation of the whole person.This involves
A)empowering the dying person by striving for clear communication.
B)the entire family being present at the time of death if they choose.
C)seeing the dying person not as a disease but in the context of his or her life.
D)publication of a comprehensive obituary or life-review.
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