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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Understanding Where You Are Now, Chapter 2, Handling Frustration.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Schwartz suggest one in declining health deal with anger?
(a) Try to forget about it.
(b) Talk about it with others.
(c) Let it pass.
(d) Continue to let it grow.

2. Schwartz warns his readers that illness can have what effect on someone's life?
(a) Your life can become worthless.
(b) The illness can swallow up your life.
(c) The illness can be forgotten.
(d) The illness can be all your friends and family think about.

3. Schwartz states that you should be honest about what to those around you?
(a) When you are in a bad mood.
(b) When your doctor gives an estimation of how much time one has left.
(c) When you are feeling worse.
(d) When your doctor gives you a bad prognosis.

4. How long was Schwartz a professor?
(a) Four decades.
(b) Five decades.
(c) Three decades.
(d) Two decades.

5. How does one handle stressful emotions, according to Schwartz?
(a) By relaxing and accepting that achievement is going to come later than expected.
(b) By informing friends and family that help is needed.
(c) By releasing anger.
(d) By seeking professional help.

Short Answer Questions

1. Schwartz informs his readers to not become so _____ with one's body.

2. As the disease continues to progress, what type of situations must one must expect to increase in occurrence?

3. Schwartz struggles most with loss of what natural body function?

4. What method does Schwartz use to express his feelings about the progress of his disease?

5. According to Schwartz, it is crucial that one do things ______ than before.

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