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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does Kubler-Ross think bargaining is a sign?
(a) Future suicidal tendencies.
(b) Irrational fear.
(c) Unresolved guilt.
(d) Past abuse.

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

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

4. What usually follows denial in the grieving process?
(a) Anger.
(b) Hope.
(c) Despair.
(d) Acceptance.

5. The author says, "We should speak as openly about death as we do about... " what?
(a) The expectation of a new baby.
(b) Our emotions in other areas.
(c) The beauties of nature.
(d) What we did at work that day.

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

7. What creates the greatest amount of stress for a terminal patient?
(a) Being a useless member of society.
(b) Feeling that they are abandoning loved ones.
(c) Looking death in the face.
(d) Losing control of one's environment.

8. When should a doctor discuss death with a terminal patient?
(a) When there is no other option.
(b) When there is a definite timespan.
(c) Long before it arrives.
(d) When family is present to offer support.

9. What are doctors primarily trained to do for terminal patients?
(a) Prolong life.
(b) Ease the passing.
(c) Relieve suffering.
(d) Provide moral and spiritual support.

10. What is different about doctors who express hope to their terminal patients?
(a) They are too caught up in the emotions of their patient.
(b) They are seen as unscientific.
(c) They are more readily trusted.
(d) They are making promises they cannot keep.

11. What does the fourth stage of grief replace in the terminal patient?
(a) Anger.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Hope.
(d) Denial.

12. For what did the nun become an advocate?
(a) Patients whose needs were not being met.
(b) Research of terminal illness.
(c) Religious rights of terminal patients.
(d) Social workers in the hospitals.

13. Who finally recognized and diagnosed the nun's disease?
(a) Her psychiatrist.
(b) She did, after reading about it.
(c) Another nurse in the hospital she at which she worked.
(d) A patient with the same disease.

14. What does Kubler-Ross say we should pay the closest attention to about a terminal patient?
(a) His or her family.
(b) His or her feelings.
(c) His or her pain.
(d) His or her fear.

15. What has Kubler-Ross and her team done for years that provides comfort for terminal patients?
(a) Hold seminars for family members of deceased patients.
(b) Instruct doctors and nurses in the proper ways to care for terminal patients.
(c) Donate money to a charity for research on terminal illnesses.
(d) Allow patients to speak and be careful listeners.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did some patients ask Kubler-Ross and her team for a second interview?

2. What does Kubler-Ross say usually helps a great deal in the depression stage of grief?

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

4. What are the two different forms of depression?

5. For what did the dentist have hope?

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