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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the author compare the stage of acceptance?

2. What are the two different forms of depression?

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

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

5. With whom do most terminal patients bargain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the hospice team help the wife of the patient in chapter VI to do?

2. What does Kubler-Ross say should be the first concern of doctors?

3. Why did the patient in chapter III become so unruly for the medical staff?

4. What is the name of the patient in chapter VIII?

5. What is the fourth stage of grief?

6. What does Kubler-Ross think we rely on to help those with terminal illnesses?

7. What was so surprising to Kubler-Ross about America's general fear of death?

8. Why did some of the terminal patients ask for a second interview with Kubler-Ross and her team?

9. What does Kubler-Ross say we should use to treat patients with terminal illnesses?

10. Why does Kubler-Ross give all of the terminal patients in this book aliases?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the differences that Kubler-Ross observed between the way Europeans and Americans view death and dying, and how has this affected our coping strategies? Using the text, cite some specific examples of these differences in the patients interviewed in the book.

Essay Topic 2

Mr. E. was particularly frustrated about one effect of his illness. What was this frustration, and how did this affect his grieving process? What are some things that Kubler-Ross advised him to do about this, and what effect did this advice have on Mr. E.?

Essay Topic 3

What did Mr. W. try to do for his wife, and what inner problem did this action indicate? Do you think this problem was ever resolved? Why or why not? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

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