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Thanatos, from Greek mythology, is generally understood as a response to the |
| | A) | invention of life and death. |
| | B) | reincarnation of deities. |
| | C) | personification of death. |
| | D) | God of the afterlife. |
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A feature length story on the death of someone famous is a/an |
| | A) | mediamac. |
| | B) | obituary. |
| | C) | lossography. |
| | D) | journalist's life review. |
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Depictions of death in the mass media, in which the symbolic use of death contributes to an "irrational dread of dying and thus to a diminished vitality and self-direction in life" is referred to as |
| | A) | mean world syndrome. |
| | B) | media overload. |
| | C) | communication depression syndrome. |
| | D) | secondary trauma. |
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According to George Gerbner, the "mean world syndrome" describes depictions of death in the mass media as embedded in a structure of violence that conveys |
| | A) | security and trust in the world. |
| | B) | an enhanced vitality and joy in life. |
| | C) | numbness and dismissal of death. |
| | D) | a heightened sense of danger. |
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What do some commentators call the new 'porn star' of popular culture? |
| | A) | The TV medical examiner |
| | B) | Crisis text 'hot' lines |
| | C) | The corpse |
| | D) | Managed death |
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Avoiding words like dead or dying, instead using phrases in which loved ones "pass away," the deceased is "laid to rest" and the corpse is "remains", is an example of |
| | A) | death porn. |
| | B) | euphemisms. |
| | C) | Thanatos. |
| | D) | keenings. |
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What is the form of speech acknowledging the reality of death while distancing us from the dead, for example, "He was fond of music"? |
| | A) | Empathic voice |
| | B) | Emphatic voice |
| | C) | Subjunctive voice |
| | D) | Indicative voice |
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Which of the following is NOT a musical expression associated with death? |
| | A) | Elegy |
| | B) | Requiem |
| | C) | Veil tale |
| | D) | Keening |
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Suse Lowenstein's work Dark Elegy functions as a reminder that |
| | A) | death is a dark figure. |
| | B) | life is fragile and survivors have to live with the loss. |
| | C) | classical and Christian symbols of death can be combined. |
| | D) | black is the color lining a casket. |
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What is an example of a homemade condolence? |
| | A) | Comfort quilts |
| | B) | Colored headstones |
| | C) | Cookies sent from the funeral home |
| | D) | Obituaries written by friends |
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What has been called the "oil of society"? |
| | A) | Music |
| | B) | Humor |
| | C) | Funeral rituals |
| | D) | Literature |
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Which of the following is NOT an example of the dimension of sociological thanatology? |
| | A) | Response to disaster |
| | B) | Pain and symptom control |
| | C) | Disposal of the dead |
| | D) | Socialization of children |
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What has been characterized as the largest area of empirical research in thanatology? |
| | A) | NDEs |
| | B) | Death anxiety |
| | C) | Hospice and palliative care |
| | D) | Religious impact |
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Research into death anxiety has been characterized by Kastenbaum as |
| | A) | an express lane into the fear of death and dying. |
| | B) | data which is impractical and generally useless. |
| | C) | thanatology's own assembly line. |
| | D) | a unitary and monolithic set of variables. |
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In reviewing the status of research and practice in thanatology, Herman Feifel points out that the |
| | A) | fear of death is a monolithic variable. |
| | B) | human mind operates on various levels of reality or finite provinces of meaning. |
| | C) | human mind operates in an interdependent, not autonomous, manner. |
| | D) | conscious fear of death is unrelated to innate fears. |
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The first formal course in death education at an American university was held at |
| | A) | University of Miami after the Cuban missile crisis. |
| | B) | University of Minnesota in 1963. |
| | C) | Harvard University School of Medicine in 1960. |
| | D) | University of Chicago in conjunction with the Association for Death Education and Counseling. |
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The modern scientific approach to the study of death is usually traced to a symposium organized in 1956 by |
| | A) | Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. |
| | B) | Herman Feifel. |
| | C) | Jacques Choron. |
| | D) | Avery Weisman. |
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What are the two leading causes of death in the United States? |
| | A) | Suicide and Alzheimer's disease |
| | B) | Accidents and cancer |
| | C) | Alcoholism and stroke |
| | D) | Heart disease and cancer |
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Which of the following BEST describes a "cosmopolitan" society? |
| | A) | Ideas and practices are forward thinking. |
| | B) | Ideas and practices from other historical periods and cultures are valued and examined. |
| | C) | Culture, identity, history, and language are guarded from change due to a strong sense of pride. |
| | D) | Cultural complexity of a globalizing world is rejected. |
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What term do social scientists use to describe the phenomenon of societies falling behind in dealing with new challenges resulting from rapid technological and social change? |
| | A) | Cultural lag |
| | B) | Globalization |
| | C) | Social lag |
| | D) | Managed advancement |
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