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asmith134

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Why should a student of death and dying become familiar with the death customs of other cultures?
 
  a. To cause students to be critical of American customs
  b. To promote ethnocentrism
  c. To note that similarities are often greater than the differences and thus gain a greater appreciation of other cultures
  d. Both b and c.
  e. None of the above.

Question 2

A combustible pile for burning a corpse at a funeral rite is a __________.
 
  a. bier
  b. cremation platform
  c. pyre
  d. levirate
  e. None of the above.



tkempin

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Answer to Question 1

c.

Answer to Question 2

c.



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