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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Acknowledging all feelings is going to cause one to realize what information about their loved ones?
(a) How much they all really care about you.
(b) Their love for you.
(c) Your own appreciation for them.
(d) Their undying compassion.

2. What are the hardest opposites to handle, as described in Chapter 4?
(a) Wanting to care and be cared for at the same time.
(b) Wanting to cry and laugh at the same time.
(c) Wanting to live and die at the same time.
(d) Wanting to walk and be still at the same time.

3. Schwartz informs his readers to not become so _____ with one's body.
(a) Preoccupied.
(b) Careless.
(c) Superstitious.
(d) Aggrevated.

4. Schwartz states that there will be times when one is psychologically ________ due to one's illness.
(a) Dependable.
(b) Vulnerable.
(c) Stable.
(d) Resistant to help.

5. According to Schwartz, the third element of illness that the reader should understand is______.
(a) Acceptance that you have a short time left with friends and family.
(b) The most basic activities will become more difficult.
(c) Acceptance of the disease.
(d) There is a small chance that a full recovery is possible.

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

7. In Chapter 5, Schwartz discusses the importance of _____________.
(a) Reminiscing.
(b) Talking to loved ones.
(c) Forgetting.
(d) Relieving pain.

8. In Chapter 5, Schwartz states that one must come to terms with whom?
(a) Doctors and nurses.
(b) Those with whom you have had difficult relationships.
(c) God.
(d) All friends and family.

9. In Chapter 4, how does Schwartz describe fantasy as a coping device?
(a) Very good.
(b) Not worth the pain.
(c) Guaranteed.
(d) Ineffective.

10. What action will make the disease better?
(a) Discussing the prognosis with your doctor.
(b) Researching the disease on your own.
(c) Not seeking help.
(d) Complaining.

11. Schwartz describes the action of hiding grief as _____.
(a) A pointless action.
(b) A healthy action.
(c) An unhealthy action.
(d) A false reality.

12. According to Schwartz, sufferers should ask friends and family in advance for a ______.
(a) Daily hug.
(b) Positive outlook.
(c) Daily phone call.
(d) Compassionate nudge.

13. According to Schwartz, one must _____ the past but not forget it.
(a) Learn from.
(b) Relive.
(c) Dismiss.
(d) Focus on.

14. Presumably, what occurrence will be counteracted by the peace one cultivates?
(a) Spiritual distress.
(b) Physical distress.
(c) Family concern.
(d) Mental distress.

15. What did Schwartz refer to as the most surprising occurrence in beginning of his illness?
(a) Losing the ability to see.
(b) Losing the ability to walk.
(c) Losing the ability to hear.
(d) Losing the ability to swallow and speak.

Short Answer Questions

1. Schwartz has a breakdown nearly how long after the most tragic event of his life?

2. In Chapter 1, Living with Physical Limitation, Schwartz advises the reader that they will first recognize ________.

3. Chapter 5 concerns the importance of holding on to ______.

4. Unresolved grief can turn good grief into what type of grief?

5. When Schwartz first learned of his sickness, what did he decide to start?

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