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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Schwartz explains that one must struggle to not ______ the past.
(a) Live in.
(b) Relive.
(c) Dismiss.
(d) Forget.

3. In Chapter 1, Living with Physical Limitation, Schwartz advises the reader that they will first recognize ________.
(a) Lessening or loss of physical power.
(b) Restraint in natural impulses.
(c) Intense pain.
(d) Memory loss.

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

5. Schwartz explains that the caretaker should follow the sick person's ______.
(a) Dreams.
(b) Requests.
(c) Daily schedule.
(d) Initiative.

6. In Chapter 5, Schwartz describes relationships as being extremely _____.
(a) Complex.
(b) Easy to handle.
(c) Emotionless.
(d) Hard to keep.

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

8. What type of grieving can also occur along with good grief?
(a) Unnecessary grieving,
(b) Emotionless grieving.
(c) Bad grieving.
(d) Happy grieving.

9. Unresolved grief can turn good grief into what type of grief?
(a) Emotionless grief.
(b) Ineffective grief.
(c) Bad grief.
(d) Unhealthy grief.

10. According to Schwartz, whom do we respect with grief so we can do the same for ourselves?
(a) The dead.
(b) Acquaintances.
(c) Our close relatives.
(d) Our pets.

11. In Chapter 4, what kind of peace does Schwartz encourage the sufferer to cultivate?
(a) Spiritual and emotional.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Mental and emotional.
(d) Spiritual.

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

13. According to Schwartz, when fantasy becomes ____________, one should come back to reality.
(a) Incessant.
(b) Sad.
(c) Painful.
(d) Joyful.

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

15. Schwartz explains that it is important for relationships to be ______.
(a) Concealed.
(b) Full of love.
(c) Difficult to maintain.
(d) Open.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Schwartz, it is important that the sick ask for ________ from those with whom they have had difficult relationships.

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

3. In Chapter 4, how does Schwartz describe fantasy as a coping device?

4. Schwartz uses his feelings of mourning as a source of ______.

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

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