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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 4, Reaching Acceptance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Morrie Schwartz is a professor of what subject?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) World history.
(c) Social psychology.
(d) Organic chemistry.

2. According to Schwartz, how does our society feel about death?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Horrified.
(c) Angry.
(d) Accepting.

3. Schwartz encourages friends and family to let the grieving person do what action in front of them?
(a) Make a will.
(b) Sit in silence.
(c) Cry.
(d) Complain.

4. While in a therapy session, Schwartz volunteers to act out what scene?
(a) His own death.
(b) A scene from his mother's death.
(c) A scene from the loss of his child.
(d) The happiness moment of his life.

5. Before being diagnosed with ALS, what other disease kept Schwartz from physical activity?
(a) Osteoporosis.
(b) Arthritis.
(c) Pulmonary fibrosis.
(d) Asthma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grief is what type of an emotion?

2. Acknowledging all feelings is going to cause one to realize what information about their loved ones?

3. What action will make the disease better?

4. Schwartz states that one will _____ emotionally during an illness.

5. Schwartz recognizes that _____ are associated with the more difficult periods of the disease.

(see the answer key)

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