Mort 203 EXAM #2 2026 | Questions & Answers | 100%
Correct.
Funeral director correct answers Defines this person as skilled in the management of the funeral
procession
Dr Richard Harlan correct answers Translated the french Gannal's History of Embalming
Robert Frederick and G.A. Trump correct answers These individual received a patent for a
"Refrigerator for corpses"
19th Century correct answers During this century the acceptance of the need for body
preservation as a necessary preliminary to its proper internment
John Good correct answers In 1843 a patent for the first "corpse preserver" based on the
principle of ice refrigeration was granted to
Roman conclamatio correct answers The Greek washing of the body with warm water
William H. Bachtel correct answers The burial vault was the invention patented on May 1, 1880,
by
Samuel Stein and his Stein Patent Burial Casket correct answers The development of a line of
cloth-covered burial cases as the main item of manufacture began in 1871 with
Casket correct answers In the 1890s the term ___________ came to dominate the language of
burial receptacles in patent literature
McGraw and Taylor CO., William M. Smith & Co. correct answers The firms specializing in the
manufacture of coffin furniture
In the 19th century burial receptacles commonly used correct answers A. Traditional wooden
coffin
B. Metallic "mummy case"
C. Cloth-covered, metal-reinforced burial case
Funeralis correct answers Latin for torchlight procession
Early colonists embalming (Crude methods of preservation) correct answers 1. Disembowling
2. Filling the cavity with charcoal
3. Immersing body in alcohol
4. Wrapping the body in cloth soaked in alum (a "sere sheet")
5. Sawdust and tar "embalming" & submerging in wine and spirits & alcohol
, James A. Gray of Richmond correct answers Received the first patent on a metallic coffin in
1836
The Fisk Metallic Coffin correct answers "An air-tight coffin of cast or raised metal" patented in
1848
19th century (casket) correct answers In the ___________ of america the old fashioned coffin
slowly transformed into the modern casket
Coffin and casket makers had goals that included correct answers Goals
A. Increased utility
B. Importance of the deceased and their family
C. Protection from graverobbers
D. Forces of dissolution
Judeo-Christian-English correct answers American burial built a solid pattern of its own upon its
simple ___________ foundation
War of 1812 correct answers The period of westward expansion following the ___________ was
marked by the rapid growth and spread of coffin shops focused exclusively on the production of
burial receptacles, and by the beginning of coffin warehouses
18th century correct answers Coffin furniture (trimmings and fittings) were imported during the
Bare earth correct answers Early colonists in america buried their dead in the
Landau Bar correct answers Carriages that had fabric top that could be lowered and raised were
named "Landau" carriages
Limousine correct answers Though patents were granted as early as 1901, it was not until after
World War 1 that these type of hearses made their appearance. Blending of hearse and other
conveyances to a more uniform, aesthetically pleasing style. specially designed to carry 8
passengers; rented our for use for pallbearers; family car.
White correct answers Adult and child versions of hearses: Nearly always the color
Post Civil War correct answers Until the civil war hearses were black. After the war they were
varied, sometimes gray but mostly a dark color. The size increased in length and width after the
war.
coach/funeral coach correct answers Modern terminology for hearses
Undertaker's buggy correct answers The name given to the vehicle used by undertakers to
transport the necessary mortuary paraphernalia to the homes where funerals were typically held.
These vehicles sometimes had an appearance similar to a hearse, but were much less ornate
Correct.
Funeral director correct answers Defines this person as skilled in the management of the funeral
procession
Dr Richard Harlan correct answers Translated the french Gannal's History of Embalming
Robert Frederick and G.A. Trump correct answers These individual received a patent for a
"Refrigerator for corpses"
19th Century correct answers During this century the acceptance of the need for body
preservation as a necessary preliminary to its proper internment
John Good correct answers In 1843 a patent for the first "corpse preserver" based on the
principle of ice refrigeration was granted to
Roman conclamatio correct answers The Greek washing of the body with warm water
William H. Bachtel correct answers The burial vault was the invention patented on May 1, 1880,
by
Samuel Stein and his Stein Patent Burial Casket correct answers The development of a line of
cloth-covered burial cases as the main item of manufacture began in 1871 with
Casket correct answers In the 1890s the term ___________ came to dominate the language of
burial receptacles in patent literature
McGraw and Taylor CO., William M. Smith & Co. correct answers The firms specializing in the
manufacture of coffin furniture
In the 19th century burial receptacles commonly used correct answers A. Traditional wooden
coffin
B. Metallic "mummy case"
C. Cloth-covered, metal-reinforced burial case
Funeralis correct answers Latin for torchlight procession
Early colonists embalming (Crude methods of preservation) correct answers 1. Disembowling
2. Filling the cavity with charcoal
3. Immersing body in alcohol
4. Wrapping the body in cloth soaked in alum (a "sere sheet")
5. Sawdust and tar "embalming" & submerging in wine and spirits & alcohol
, James A. Gray of Richmond correct answers Received the first patent on a metallic coffin in
1836
The Fisk Metallic Coffin correct answers "An air-tight coffin of cast or raised metal" patented in
1848
19th century (casket) correct answers In the ___________ of america the old fashioned coffin
slowly transformed into the modern casket
Coffin and casket makers had goals that included correct answers Goals
A. Increased utility
B. Importance of the deceased and their family
C. Protection from graverobbers
D. Forces of dissolution
Judeo-Christian-English correct answers American burial built a solid pattern of its own upon its
simple ___________ foundation
War of 1812 correct answers The period of westward expansion following the ___________ was
marked by the rapid growth and spread of coffin shops focused exclusively on the production of
burial receptacles, and by the beginning of coffin warehouses
18th century correct answers Coffin furniture (trimmings and fittings) were imported during the
Bare earth correct answers Early colonists in america buried their dead in the
Landau Bar correct answers Carriages that had fabric top that could be lowered and raised were
named "Landau" carriages
Limousine correct answers Though patents were granted as early as 1901, it was not until after
World War 1 that these type of hearses made their appearance. Blending of hearse and other
conveyances to a more uniform, aesthetically pleasing style. specially designed to carry 8
passengers; rented our for use for pallbearers; family car.
White correct answers Adult and child versions of hearses: Nearly always the color
Post Civil War correct answers Until the civil war hearses were black. After the war they were
varied, sometimes gray but mostly a dark color. The size increased in length and width after the
war.
coach/funeral coach correct answers Modern terminology for hearses
Undertaker's buggy correct answers The name given to the vehicle used by undertakers to
transport the necessary mortuary paraphernalia to the homes where funerals were typically held.
These vehicles sometimes had an appearance similar to a hearse, but were much less ornate
