MORS 101 EXAM 3 TAKE-HOME QUIZZES QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
before the 1850's, almost all coffins were made of this - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅wood
John L. Dillon founded one of the first of these in America - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅coffin shop
What did Crane, Breed, & Co. originally manufacture? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅stoves
although later models were made of sheet metal, the first Fisk metallic coffins were made of this -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅cast iron
List three reasons for the widespread success of the Fisk burial case - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. notable
leaders interred in them
2. civil war death rate
3. nationwide transportation
what were the five goals of the furnishing undertakers when improving the quality of coffins and
caskets? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. increased utility
2. reflect person's life
3. preservation capability
4. protection from body theft
5. eye appeal
who patented the earliest life signal coffin? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅christian eisenbrandt
this device, patented in 1878 was essentially a shotgun used to deter graverobbers - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅burial safe
what is an end sealer vault - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅metallic vault with a hinged end panel. end panel
was sealed after casket placed in vault, and then the entire thing buried
, these were originally used to ship caskets, but were also used for grave liners. most cemeteries do not
allow them today - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅wooden rough box
in the 1890s, springfield metallic casket company began producing the new baker patent burglar-proof
vault. who created the original vault that springfield company imitated? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅George
Boyd
he received the first patent for a method of embalming in 1856 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅J. Anthony
Gaussardia
during the civil war, the actions of this man were partially responsible for causing the government to
establish a system of examinations and licensing for those who wanted to embalm the military dead -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Dr. Richard Burr
these three methods were used to modify air-tight burial cases to deter putrefaction - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅1. filled with poison gas
2. filled with brine or alcohol
3. filled with deodorants by tube or funnel
these devices were used for preserving as well as waking the deceased in the home - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅corpse coolers and cooling boards
when used for embalming, this chemical turned the skin white and left the body soft and pliable; it was
outlawed in the US in the early 20th century - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅arsenic
because so many civil war battles were fought nearby, this was the earliest center of embalming in the
US - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅washington DC
his embalming of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, a friend of Abraham Lincoln, made his reputation as an
embalmer - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅dr. thomas holmes
before the 1850's, almost all coffins were made of this - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅wood
John L. Dillon founded one of the first of these in America - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅coffin shop
What did Crane, Breed, & Co. originally manufacture? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅stoves
although later models were made of sheet metal, the first Fisk metallic coffins were made of this -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅cast iron
List three reasons for the widespread success of the Fisk burial case - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. notable
leaders interred in them
2. civil war death rate
3. nationwide transportation
what were the five goals of the furnishing undertakers when improving the quality of coffins and
caskets? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. increased utility
2. reflect person's life
3. preservation capability
4. protection from body theft
5. eye appeal
who patented the earliest life signal coffin? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅christian eisenbrandt
this device, patented in 1878 was essentially a shotgun used to deter graverobbers - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅burial safe
what is an end sealer vault - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅metallic vault with a hinged end panel. end panel
was sealed after casket placed in vault, and then the entire thing buried
, these were originally used to ship caskets, but were also used for grave liners. most cemeteries do not
allow them today - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅wooden rough box
in the 1890s, springfield metallic casket company began producing the new baker patent burglar-proof
vault. who created the original vault that springfield company imitated? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅George
Boyd
he received the first patent for a method of embalming in 1856 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅J. Anthony
Gaussardia
during the civil war, the actions of this man were partially responsible for causing the government to
establish a system of examinations and licensing for those who wanted to embalm the military dead -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Dr. Richard Burr
these three methods were used to modify air-tight burial cases to deter putrefaction - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅1. filled with poison gas
2. filled with brine or alcohol
3. filled with deodorants by tube or funnel
these devices were used for preserving as well as waking the deceased in the home - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅corpse coolers and cooling boards
when used for embalming, this chemical turned the skin white and left the body soft and pliable; it was
outlawed in the US in the early 20th century - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅arsenic
because so many civil war battles were fought nearby, this was the earliest center of embalming in the
US - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅washington DC
his embalming of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, a friend of Abraham Lincoln, made his reputation as an
embalmer - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅dr. thomas holmes
