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It is believed that the first cremation took place during the early
✓ -:- Stone Age
It is believed that the first cremations took place around
✓ -:- 100 B.C
Who said "Show me the manner in which a nation or community care for its dead and I will
measure with mathematical exactness the tender mercies of its people, their respect for
the laws of the land, and they loyalty to high ideals
✓ -:- William Gladstone
Although fifth and religious beliefs continue to influence death practices, in ancient ______
we begin to see the development of an independent funeral industry
✓ -:- Rome
Who developed the grand columbaria, containing niches for urns to house the cremated
remains
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✓ -:- Romans
Who constructed the first crematory in the United States
✓ -:- Dr. Francis LeMoyne
What year is considered the dawn of the cremation age in North America?
✓ -:- 1876
Where did Dr. LeMoyne perform his first cremation?
✓ -:- Washington, Pennsylvania
What is defined as the reduction of a dead human body to inorganic bone fragments by
intense heat in specifically designed chamber, utilizing direct flame.
✓ -:- Cremation
When utilizing a third party crematory, where is it best practice to go following a removal
from the place of death?
✓ -:- Funeral Facility
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The verification of identification of the deceased begins at the place of death and
ends______
✓ -:- B. When the authorized family members receive container holding cremated
remains
C. At the place of final disposition
- Both A and C
When is it alright to take a photograph for identification purposes?
✓ -:- When the authorizing agent has given written permission
If a family is adamant about not viewing the deceased, what should the next step be?
✓ -:- Request that a waiver be signed releasing the funeral provider of liabilities of
misidentification
If a family chooses to sign a waiver refusing identification of the deceased, what should a
funeral practitioner be concerned about?
✓ -:- A. Misidentification, and the other deceased's loved one
B. Not receiving signatures from all authorizing agents
Both A and B
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