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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Getting to Where You Want to Be, Chapter 11, Considering Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Schwartz explains that one must accept their difficulties like a(n) _______.
(a) Wild teen.
(b) Innocent child.
(c) Mature human being.
(d) Adult.

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

3. Schwartz explains that learning to grieve for yourself is just as important as grieving for whom?
(a) Good friends.
(b) Anyone else.
(c) Close family members.
(d) Family pets.

4. What fantasy will help a person in declining health?
(a) The fantasy of being in heaven.
(b) The fantasy of not being sick anymore.
(c) The fantasy of never dying.
(d) The fantasy of having infinite time with loved ones.

5. According to Schwartz, how will one's friends and family act towards the disease?
(a) The disease is worse than it actually is.
(b) The disease isn't important.
(c) The disease never existed.
(d) The disease is better.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of feelings will not go away because one is sick?

2. How does Schwartz suggest one in declining health deal with anger?

3. What is the fourth aspect of the coping with illness that Schwartz suggests to his readers?

4. The best way for Schwartz to express loss is by __________.

5. In Chapter 5, Schwartz discusses the importance of _____________.

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