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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Of what does chapter X primarily consist?
(a) Deeper explanations of the five stages of grief.
(b) Instructions for comforting family members of terminal patients.
(c) Interviews with patients.
(d) Coping strategies for terminally ill patients.

3. What does Kubler-Ross say the immediate family of terminal patients experience with their dying loved one?
(a) The five stages of grief.
(b) The fear of death.
(c) The rollercoaster of hope and despair.
(d) The loss of life-force.

4. How does the courageous female patient keep her mind off of her impending death?
(a) She studies possible cures for her disease.
(b) She reads books.
(c) She writes stories for young terminally ill children.
(d) She thinks about and serves others.

5. When does the courageous female patient say she will think about her death?
(a) When the doctors tell her there is nothing more they can do.
(b) When she knows her family is taken care of.
(c) When she sees her logistical details taken care of.
(d) When she feels it is time to die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kubler-Ross say is important for children who have lost loved ones to do?

2. How does the courageous female patient view service?

3. How do children at age three view death?

4. What is the term given to doctor's non-physical treatment of their patients?

5. What did Cicely Saunders do before she became an author?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the hospital staff initially respond to Kubler-Ross's seminars?

2. Why did the nursing staff treat the terminal ward the way that they did before Kubler-Ross's seminars?

3. For whom does the courageous female patient feel sorry?

4. Why were some of the doctors so hostile towards Kubler-Ross and her staff?

5. What does death seem like to a five-year-old child?

6. Who told the seventeen-year-old girl about the severity of her condition?

7. What does Kubler-Ross emphasize as the most important thing for terminal patients to do?

8. What did Kubler-Ross and her team do to try and help Mr. Y.?

9. How did most of the terminal patients feel about Kubler-Ross's seminars when she first started them?

10. How does Kubler-Ross say death can be for the patient who is ready to meet it?

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