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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the major discrepancy that exists in almost every case of terminal illness?
(a) What the family wants and what the doctors want.
(b) What the patient wants and what the doctors want.
(c) What the patient wants and what the doctor is willing to do.
(d) What the patient wants and what the family wants.

2. How does Kubler-Ross say others should react to the denial of a terminal patient?
(a) They should ignore them until they are ready to face the facts.
(b) They should try their hardest to get them to accept the truth.
(c) They should be understanding and uncontradictory.
(d) They should pretend to be in denial as well until they come around.

3. How does Kubler-Ross say Americans view death?
(a) As a negative and malicious thing that takes our loved ones away.
(b) As an ending and cessation.
(c) As the end of hope.
(d) As a reason to pull away from people we love in order to avoid pain.

4. What is one thing that Kubler-Ross does NOT say terminal patients get angry about?
(a) The world for continuing on without them.
(b) Themselves for getting sick.
(c) The hospital staff for being well.
(d) Their family for writing them off as already dead.

5. What has caused us to fear a violent and catastrophic death, according to Kubler-Ross?
(a) Rising crime rates.
(b) Rumors of weapons of mass destruction.
(c) The reality of constant warfare.
(d) The dramatized violent scenes in movies and on TV.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who causes the nun to examine her faith?

2. What finally allows the nun to come to terms with her anger?

3. What terminal disease does the nun in chapter IV have?

4. What usually follows denial in the grieving process?

5. For what did the nun become an advocate?

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