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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the terminal patient interviewed in chapter VI?
(a) Mrs. H.
(b) Mr. H.
(c) Dr. D.
(d) Mr. D.

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

3. To what does the author compare the stage of acceptance?
(a) Numbing oneself to all outer pain.
(b) Sleeping in a quiet tomb of peace.
(c) Readying oneself to rise again.
(d) A child returning to the womb.

4. What do some terminal patients never psychologically do before they die?
(a) Find peace in their souls.
(b) Arrange their worldy things.
(c) Accept the reality of their upcoming death.
(d) Make amends with their family members.

5. What does Kubler-Ross say denial is for most people?
(a) A defensive device that will speed up the process of death.
(b) A motivation to continue finding other diagnoses.
(c) A buffer that allows the patient to mobilize other, less radical defenses.
(d) A way to separate one's self from reality.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mrs. W. respond to what her husband arranged for her when she had reached the stage of acceptance?

2. Over what had the patient in chapter VI been repressing grief?

3. What does Kubler-Ross say that most American doctors are afraid to do?

4. What are the two different forms of depression?

5. What has caused us to fear a violent and catastrophic death, according to Kubler-Ross?

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