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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many times was the nun admitted to the hospital?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 5.
(d) 11.

3. What are terminal patients usually upset about when they reach the fourth stage of grief?
(a) Abandoning their family.
(b) Being abandoned by God.
(c) The realization of loss.
(d) Their unresolved issues.

4. Why is Kubler-Ross so shocked at American's inability to accept death?
(a) She did not expect it.
(b) Americans are so educated.
(c) Our culture has digressed in this area while advancing in many others.
(d) People in Europe handle it much differently.

5. What was one woman in chapter IX afraid of before she died?
(a) Hell.
(b) Worms.
(c) Her unrepented sins.
(d) Her family would forget her.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what did the dentist have hope?

2. What point was reiterated in the story of Mr. and Mrs. W.?

3. Why do we psychologically react more severely to death than the ancient man?

4. To what does Kubler-Ross wish we could return?

5. What was so different about the dentist's stage of acceptance?

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