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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is different about the people who are receptive to Kubler-Ross's seminars when she first starts having them?
(a) They are all older.
(b) They have all lost more than one close friend.
(c) They are all therapists.
(d) They are all European.

2. About whom is the courageous female patient in chapter X worried?
(a) Herself.
(b) Her family.
(c) The woman in the bed next to her.
(d) The doctors.

3. What did the doctor who was most hostile towards Kubler-Ross tell his interns to do?
(a) Keep complete silence when around her.
(b) Encourage the patients to be hostile towards heras well.
(c) Give her false information to skew the results.
(d) Not divulge any information about his patients whatsoever.

4. What does Kubler-Ross say a therapist will see while witnessing the passing of many terminal patients?
(a) The lack of fear that can accompany death.
(b) The uniqueness of each person's life.
(c) The awful loneliness that is left when a person dies.
(d) The quiet strength of the human soul.

5. How long was Mr. Y. allowed to see his wife every day?
(a) Not at all.
(b) Five hours.
(c) Fifty minutes.
(d) Five minutes.

6. What is the term given to doctor's non-physical treatment of their patients?
(a) Anti-medical healing.
(b) Spiritual treatments.
(c) Bedside manner.
(d) Non-physical treatment.

7. What helped Mrs. S. tremendously with her situation?
(a) Talking about her past.
(b) Discussing her illness.
(c) Making amends with her ex-husband.
(d) Finding good homes for her sons.

8. When does the mother of the very small girl say she is treated poorly?
(a) When she needs pain medication.
(b) During x-rays.
(c) When she cannot sleep at night.
(d) When her daughter visits.

9. What is a comfort to female terminal patients that is sometimes an aggravation to male patients?
(a) Seeing their families continue and progress without them.
(b) Seeing the logistical details taken care of.
(c) Being encouraged to hold on.
(d) Having a constant stream of visitors.

10. What caused the patient in the last chapter to change his behavior?
(a) He went to one of Kubler-Ross's seminars.
(b) He came to understand the reason behind his behavior.
(c) He was yelled at by a nurse.
(d) He had a heartfelt conversation with his wife.

11. Who has become like a sister to Mrs. S. through all of her trials?
(a) Her neighbor.
(b) Her nurse.
(c) Her son's teacher.
(d) Her mother-in-law.

12. For what does Kubler-Ross say we should never judge families?
(a) Their love for the patients.
(b) Their seemingly unorthodox behaviors.
(c) Their ignorance of the disease.
(d) Their anger towards the staff.

13. What is "the silence that goes beyond words"?
(a) The last flickering of the flame of life.
(b) The stillness of a heart no longer beating.
(c) The sound of eyes closing for the last time.
(d) A peaceful transition from life.

14. What do the family of terminally ill patients need to do after the funeral is over and the friends have all left?
(a) Talk about their feelings.
(b) Get some rest.
(c) Write about their experience.
(d) Move on as fast as possible.

15. What bolsters the young girl's family and allows them to be positive?
(a) Their strong religious beliefs.
(b) Their peace at seeing her so calm about the whole thing.
(c) Their state of denial.
(d) Their acceptance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes the quiet state of terminal patients the hardest?

2. Why is the mother of the very small girl in chapter X so nervous about revealing to her daughter the true nature of her illness?

3. How did some of the inattentive nurses respond to Kubler-Ross's seminars?

4. What does Cicely Saunders think is the most important thing for doctors to do with their terminally ill patients?

5. How does the courageous female patient view service?

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