GER 310 Midterm Exam Questions With Complete Solutions

Who is the author of "Death, Society, and Human Experience"? correct answer: Robert J. Kastenbaum In earliest societies, ________________ was a way of protecting society from uncontrollable nature and malevolent gods. correct answer: ritualization The ____________________ were assigned the role of peaceful sleepers. correct answer: Christian dead ______________________ attempted to reconstruct European death attitudes from 1000 years after the introduction of Christianity to the present time. correct answer: Phillipe Aries Aries' four psychological themes: correct answer: - awareness of the individual - the defense of society against untamed nature - the belief in an afterlife - belief in the existence of evil The ________________ became the most important hour of life. correct answer: hour of death as death became more entwined with violence and sexuality, it became strange and perverted. correct answer: Twisted death The ______________ became the most intense concern as people became more aware of themselves as individuals. correct answer: death of the self When did death of the self become the most intense concern? correct answer: About 1000 years into the