Question 1

A prominent example of an ongoing genocide that began in 2003 is found in:

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A)   Iraq
B)   Afghanistan
C)   Poland
D)   Sudan
E)   IranF) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 2

Reports of deaths in the news media of contemporary society:

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A)   Are not governed by criteria of newsworthiness
B)   Are a highly selective portrait of death
C)   Emphasize ordinary people who die in ordinary ways
D)   All of these
E)   None of theseF) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 3

Entertainment programs in contemporary media tend to distort portrayals of death because they use:

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A)   Selectivity and fantasization
B)   Realism and individuation
C)   Impossible situations
D)   All of these
E)   None of theseF) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 4

In contemporary American society, .

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A)   individuals never use death-related language
B)   most individuals are horrified to hear someone say "dead" or "die"
C)   many individuals use death-related language, but usually in contexts other than those involving the dying or death of a human being
D)   All of these
E)   None of theseF) All of the above
G) C) and E)

Question 5

Death announcements are .

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A)   an exception to the general rules of newsworthiness
B)   different from obituaries
C)   brief notices mentioning the fact of death, names of survivors, and plans (if any)  for funeral or burial services
D)   All of these
E)   None of theseF) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

In the U.S., homicides are most prominently correlated with .

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A)   the use or misuse of firearms
B)   poisoning
C)   drowning
D)   older adults
E)   adults between 45-54 years of ageF) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 7

Which of the following is not an example of socially sanctioned deaths discussed in Chapter 4 in our textbook?

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A)   Genocide
B)   Homicide
C)   War
D)   The Holocaust
E)   Ethnic cleansingF) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

Since 1992 homicide in our society as a leading cause of death overall, .

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A)   has been declining in relative importance
B)   increased sharply
C)   has remained largely unchanged
D)   has shown an unexpected reduction in only one year (2001) 
E)   has been extraordinarily low for a developed societyF) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 9

To speak of fantasized death in the media means that:

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A)   Death is frequently present in the entertainment media, but often in unrealistic ways.
B)   Death is almost completely absent in the entertainment media.
C)   Those who usually die are "good guys," heroic figures.
D)   All of these
E)   None of theseF) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

Nuclear power became a new force for death:

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A)   In the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in August, 1945
B)   At the accident in the nuclear power plant at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania in 1979
C)   On July 16, 1945, at the Trinity test site in New Mexico
D)   At the explosion in the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl in Ukraine in 1986
E)   On March 9, 1945, at the firebombing of TokyoF) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Exam 4: Death-Related Practices and the American Death System

In contemporary American society, .

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Entertainment programs in contemporary media tend to distort portrayals of death because they use:

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Which of the following is not an example of socially sanctioned deaths discussed in Chapter 4 in our textbook?

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Death announcements are .

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Nuclear power became a new force for death:

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A prominent example of an ongoing genocide that began in 2003 is found in:

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Reports of deaths in the news media of contemporary society:

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In the U.S., homicides are most prominently correlated with .

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Since 1992 homicide in our society as a leading cause of death overall, .

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To speak of fantasized death in the media means that:

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In contemporary American society, .

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Entertainment programs in contemporary media tend to distort portrayals of death because they use:

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Which of the following is not an example of socially sanctioned deaths discussed in Chapter 4 in our textbook?

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Death announcements are .

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Nuclear power became a new force for death:

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A prominent example of an ongoing genocide that began in 2003 is found in:

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Reports of deaths in the news media of contemporary society:

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In the U.S., homicides are most prominently correlated with .

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Since 1992 homicide in our society as a leading cause of death overall, .

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To speak of fantasized death in the media means that:

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