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WEEK 1 Assignment
Directions: Please complete the following sections of the Assignment utilizing the corresponding
Reading Review Guide. Good luck!
FILL-IN-THE-BLANK SECTION (from Schecter Notes): Fill-in the provided boxes with the correct
term provided below:
Epic of Gilgamesh Hindu View on Death Indonesian Myth on Death Thanatos
Thanatologist Robert Kastenbaum Thanatropism
#1 Ancient Greek God of Death who was a sword-bearing and river Styx-bound figure
Thanatos
#2 A natural stage in the successive reincarnation of the undying soul through death and rebirth
Hindu View on Death
#3 Babylonian view of afterlife conceived as a subterranean “house of darkness”
Epic of Gilgamesh
#4 Choosing a stone would have given humanity immortality
Indonesian Myth on Death
#5 Everything is being driven by an unknown force toward
Thanatropism
#6 One can deprive death of its fearful mystery by giving it a human-life personality
Thanatologist Robert Kastenbaum
SHORT ANSWER SECTION (from Albom notes): Please complete the following short answer
questions with a word , short phrase , or complete sentence .