The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade Test | Final Test - Easy

Thomas Lynch
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade Test | Final Test - Easy

Thomas Lynch
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did the simple cardboard box cost?
(a) $69.
(b) $79.
(c) $99.
(d) $89.

2. In what state did someone reach the midpoint of their lives?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Kansas.

3. In what German city did Sweeney study?
(a) Munich.
(b) Mainz.
(c) Freiburg.
(d) Heidelberg.

4. What did Lynch sarcastically mention as a "tidy" type of assisted suicide?
(a) Shooting range.
(b) Hanging.
(c) Electrocution.
(d) Jumping off a building.

5. What did Reader want done with his body after death?
(a) He wanted to be buried in a simple cardboard box.
(b) He wanted it donated to medical training.
(c) He wanted to be buried in a simple shroud.
(d) He wanted to be cremated.

6. How had the men in Lynch's family died for the most part?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Heart problems.
(c) Strokes.
(d) Old age.

7. Where was Reader when he died?
(a) In his easy chair.
(b) In bed.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In his car.

8. What medical topic did Sweeney broach when eating rainbow trout?
(a) PMS.
(b) Heart surgery.
(c) Urinary tract infections.
(d) Microsurgery.

9. In what year did Jack Kevorkian assist in his first suicide?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1988.

10. What singing group did Lynch desire to emulate?
(a) The Who.
(b) Simon and Garfunkel.
(c) The Everly Brothers.
(d) The Rolling Stones.

11. Approximately how many people live "in the town"?
(a) 8,000.
(b) 6,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 3,500.

12. What did Lynch want his loved ones to do at the graveside?
(a) Bury the body themselves.
(b) Stay until the body is lowered into the ground.
(c) Skip the graveside service.
(d) Leave as soon as the service is over.

13. What poet is quoted at the beginning of "Tract"?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) William Carols Williams.
(d) William Butler Yeats.

14. In Lynch's analogy of life as a trip across America, at what point do you meet a girl?
(a) The Poconos.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Ohio.
(d) The Appalachians.

15. What did Uncle Eddie need help coming up with as he was starting his suicide cleanup business?
(a) Brochures.
(b) An easy to remember 800 number.
(c) A newspaper ad.
(d) A snappy Yellow Pages ad.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what Irish county was Sweeney born?

2. What did Lynch want his family to toss on top of his casket?

3. How many trials did Kevorkian face and successfully avoid conviction in Oakland County?

4. What was did the Oak Grove cemetery pre-date?

5. When were the first sealed caskets made?

(see the answer keys)

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