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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through XI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was an UNEXPECTED benefit of Kubler-Ross' seminars for the patients who attended?
(a) They heard the words of their family members.
(b) They faced their mortality.
(c) They had a reason to get out of bed.
(d) They realized their petty fears.

2. Why is the mother of the very small girl unhappy with the doctors who are treating her?
(a) They seem to be too hopeful about a disease with a high mortality rate.
(b) They are not very attentive to her or her daughter.
(c) They are not giving her updates on her condition.
(d) They are very condescending.

3. What is a child's main fear after age three?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Death.
(c) Pain.
(d) Separation.

4. Why was the one doctor so hostile towards Kubler-Ross and her seminars?
(a) He felt she was undermining his treatment decisions.
(b) He had a bad experience with one of her colleagues.
(c) He thought she cared only about the proceeds from her book.
(d) He equated her help with assisted suicide.

5. Why does Kubler-Ross feel that our inability to cope with death is such a selfish thing?
(a) We feel that we are validated in treating others poorly because of our grief.
(b) We do not treat the hospital workers kindly.
(c) We do not give enough to charities who are researching terminal illnesses.
(d) We do not focus enough on the needs of the dying patient.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the biggest relief to an angry patient?

2. What does Kubler-Ross say that we are really denying when we refuse to accept a terminal illness in someone we love?

3. What does Kubler-Ross say denial is for most people?

4. What are terminal patients usually upset about when they reach the fourth stage of grief?

5. Of what does Kubler-Ross think bargaining is a sign?

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