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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what social organization was Milo a leader?
(a) Knights of Columbus.
(b) Elks.
(c) Masonic Lodge.
(d) Rotary.

2. To what medical procedure did Lynch refer when speaking about people's aversion to funerals?
(a) Mammograms.
(b) Colonoscopies.
(c) Root canals.
(d) Appendectomies.

3. What concept did the Second Vatican Council eliminate?
(a) Hell.
(b) Purgatory.
(c) Purification.
(d) Redemption.

4. What Friday night TV show did Lynch mention when discussing his generation's approach to death?
(a) Wagon Train..
(b) Gunsmoke.
(c) Dragnet.
(d) Bonanza.

5. What immigrant group did Lynch say has a fondness for funeral services?
(a) Irish.
(b) Greek.
(c) Polish.
(d) Italian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What funeral related item did Lynch sell on commission?

2. Besides funeral homes, what business did Lynch say persisted in using the family name in the business name?

3. Approximately how many of his townspeople were cremated each year?

4. On what day was Milo buried?

5. In which state did the accident occur?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does society generally view cemeteries, according to Lynch?

2. Why did the Lynch brothers take care of their father's body rather than allow a local undertaker to do the job?

3. What is the essential difference between burying the old and burying infants?

4. What did Lynch mean by "the poor cousin of fear is rage?"

5. Why was Henry Nugent unable to get relief from his heartbreak following his divorce?

6. How did Lynch try to maintain some of the old traditions after he fixed up the Irish cottage when Nora passed away?

7. What was Lynch's view of the notion that the corpse is just an empty shell?

8. In what fundamental ways did the flush toilet change human civilization?

9. Why did Nugent have several relationships following his divorce and did they help him find love?

10. Why did Lynch say some cultural groups (immigrant Irish, Diaspora Jews, African-Americans) actually"enjoy" funerals?

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