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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Schwartz explains that sometimes one in declining health will feel like a _____.
(a) A child.
(b) A toddler.
(c) A infant.
(d) A senior citizen.

6. In Chapter 4, Schwartz expresses the importance of acknowledging what type of feelings?
(a) Feelings of lust.
(b) Positive feelings.
(c) Negative feelings.
(d) Feelings of resentment.

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

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

9. What is the fourth aspect of the coping with illness that Schwartz suggests to his readers?
(a) Friends and family must be told about the illness.
(b) One must accept that their life is coming to an end.
(c) One must never be afraid to ask for help.
(d) Basic tasks are going to become more difficult.

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

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

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

13. Schwartz recognizes that _____ are associated with the more difficult periods of the disease.
(a) Emotional patterns.
(b) Periods of silence.
(c) Glimpses of hope.
(d) Periods of deep depression.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Schwartz encourages friends and family to let the grieving person do what action in front of them?

2. What is the second vital step that Schwartz describes in Chapter 1?

3. According to Schwartz, one in declining health must accept that they will never again be physically ______.

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

5. According to Schwartz, sufferers should ask friends and family in advance for a ______.

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