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fox · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Which of the following statements is Answer: False concerning death-related behavior of Americans during the Victorian period of history?

a. Grievers were encouraged to express their emotions in response to the death of a loved one.
b. A more elaborate funeral ritual involving therapeutic self- indulgence was encouraged.
c. Mourning clothes were worn as one method for extending the period of lamentation.
d. None of the above.

Question 2

Which of the following statements is Answer: False?

a. In most areas of America, a basically Puritan Way of Death persisted until the 19th century.
b. The ideology of separate spheres contributed to more open discussion of death in American society.
c. At the turn of the 20th century, the funeral industry attempted to keep death out of sight and out of mind.
d. Middle-class Americans wished to experience death with order.