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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 walk and be still at the same time.
(c) Wanting to cry and laugh at the same time.
(d) Wanting to live and die at the same time.

2. According to Schwartz, what is the first step in developing peace?
(a) Talking to friends and family.
(b) Developing spirituality.
(c) Discussing your prognosis with your doctor.
(d) Accepting reality.

3. In Chapter 4, Schwartz explains that one's feelings are going to become _______.
(a) Contradictory.
(b) Nonexistent.
(c) Stable.
(d) Unhealthy.

4. When does acceptance occur, according to Schwartz?
(a) Within a few days.
(b) It never occurs.
(c) Immediately.
(d) Not immediately.

5. Schwartz explains that one may want what occurrence to happen?
(a) Silence from friends and family.
(b) A bad prognosis.
(c) Death.
(d) Unexplained happiness.

6. 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.

7. According to Schwartz, how often should one grieve and mourn for themselves?
(a) Never.
(b) Just once.
(c) Just when family members are present.
(d) Over and over again.

8. What action does Schwartz ask his friends and family to perform when he is feeling up or down?
(a) To keep in touch with him.
(b) To keep him in reality.
(c) To hug him.
(d) To encourage him.

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

10. Schwartz stresses the importance of coming to terms with __________.
(a) The past.
(b) The future.
(c) Declining health.
(d) Your own prognosis.

11. Schwartz states that one will _____ emotionally during an illness.
(a) Advance.
(b) Freeze.
(c) Regress.
(d) Improve.

12. According to Schwartz, what is the very best way to avoid letting one's emotions spiral out of control?
(a) Talk to friends about the disease.
(b) Ask for help.
(c) Keep a journal.
(d) Join a support group.

13. Schwartz discusses the importance of not ____________the past.
(a) Reliving.
(b) Embracing.
(c) Forgetting.
(d) Ignoring.

14. Grief is what type of an emotion?
(a) Useless.
(b) Natural.
(c) Unnatural.
(d) Unnecessary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of grieving can also occur along with good grief?

2. In Chapter 4, what kind of peace does Schwartz encourage the sufferer to cultivate?

3. Schwartz explains that one must accept their difficulties like a(n) _______.

4. Before being diagnosed with ALS, what other disease kept Schwartz from physical activity?

5. According to Schwartz, how does our society feel about death?

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