FSE 2201 CHAPTERS 1 & 2 (latest update 2026-
2027) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
When is it estimated that the first cremation occurred? - correct answer 3000 BC
When was the first American cremation, and why is it not considered the first modern
one? - correct answer Colonel Henry Laurens- 1792
It was not in a crematory, but over a pyre in South Carolina
Cremation: The Treatment of The Body After Death - correct answer Written by Sir
Henry Thompson- Queen Victoria's personal surgeon
Inspired by the unsanitary conditions of English cemeteries
One of the most influential pro-cremation pieces
Verimbus erepti- puro consumimur igni - correct answer Saved from the worms,
purified by the consuming flames.
When and where did America's first "modern" cremation occur? - correct answer
Washington, Pennsylvania
1876
Who was credited with building the first crematory in the United States? - correct
answer Dr. Francis Julius LeMoyne
, FSE 2201 CHAPTERS 1 & 2 (latest update 2026-
2027) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
Who was the first person cremated in Lemoyne's crematory, and how long did it
take? - correct answer Baron de Palm was cremated, it took over 36 hours and 50
bushels of coke
-Cost $7.04
Who founded the Cremation Association of America (CAA) in 1913? - correct answer
Dr. Hugo Erichsen
Founded in Detroit, MI
Would later be known as CANA
Source for cremation education, statistics, and information
What are the 3 principles of the memorial idea? - correct answer - Memorial urn of
imperishable material (no grinding)
- Engraving of the memorial urn
- Inurnment (permanent placement of the memorial urn)
What is the Manual of Standard Crematory-Columbarium Practices? - correct answer
Written in 1941 by the CAA, first cremation manual published. Followed the memorial
idea
"Never crush or grind cremated remains"
"Never scatter cremated remains"
2027) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
When is it estimated that the first cremation occurred? - correct answer 3000 BC
When was the first American cremation, and why is it not considered the first modern
one? - correct answer Colonel Henry Laurens- 1792
It was not in a crematory, but over a pyre in South Carolina
Cremation: The Treatment of The Body After Death - correct answer Written by Sir
Henry Thompson- Queen Victoria's personal surgeon
Inspired by the unsanitary conditions of English cemeteries
One of the most influential pro-cremation pieces
Verimbus erepti- puro consumimur igni - correct answer Saved from the worms,
purified by the consuming flames.
When and where did America's first "modern" cremation occur? - correct answer
Washington, Pennsylvania
1876
Who was credited with building the first crematory in the United States? - correct
answer Dr. Francis Julius LeMoyne
, FSE 2201 CHAPTERS 1 & 2 (latest update 2026-
2027) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
Who was the first person cremated in Lemoyne's crematory, and how long did it
take? - correct answer Baron de Palm was cremated, it took over 36 hours and 50
bushels of coke
-Cost $7.04
Who founded the Cremation Association of America (CAA) in 1913? - correct answer
Dr. Hugo Erichsen
Founded in Detroit, MI
Would later be known as CANA
Source for cremation education, statistics, and information
What are the 3 principles of the memorial idea? - correct answer - Memorial urn of
imperishable material (no grinding)
- Engraving of the memorial urn
- Inurnment (permanent placement of the memorial urn)
What is the Manual of Standard Crematory-Columbarium Practices? - correct answer
Written in 1941 by the CAA, first cremation manual published. Followed the memorial
idea
"Never crush or grind cremated remains"
"Never scatter cremated remains"
