View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Schwartz, how does our society feel about death?
(a) Horrified.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Angry.
(d) Accepting.

2. According to Schwartz, one should accept the past as _____.
(a) Complete.
(b) The future.
(c) The past.
(d) Unchangable.

3. Which vigorous, physical activity did Schwartz enjoy before he was diagnosed with ALS?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Weight Lifting.
(d) Boxing.

4. Grief is a form release that can help one feel _____.
(a) Comforted.
(b) Worse.
(c) Aggrevated.
(d) Ashamed.

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

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

7. Schwartz explains that many of us are too hard on ourselves for our _____.
(a) Loved-ones.
(b) Failures.
(c) Past.
(d) Prognosis.

8. Schwartz warns his readers that illness can have what effect on someone's life?
(a) The illness can swallow up your life.
(b) The illness can be all your friends and family think about.
(c) Your life can become worthless.
(d) The illness can be forgotten.

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

10. 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) Basic tasks are going to become more difficult.
(d) One must never be afraid to ask for help.

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

12. When seeking help with the disease, Schwartz finally decided to talk to whom?
(a) A pastor.
(b) A psychiatrist.
(c) One of his students.
(d) His son.

13. According to Schwartz, one in declining health must accept that they will never again be physically ______.
(a) Unstable.
(b) Conscious.
(c) Comfortable.
(d) Stable.

14. What method does Schwartz use to express his feelings about the progress of his disease?
(a) He asks friends and family to write down his thoughts.
(b) He video tapes himself.
(c) His friends keep a journal for Morrie.
(d) He writes the feelings down or talks into a tape recorder.

15. Schwartz explains that sometimes sick people will want to _______, while other times they will not.
(a) Dance.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Talk.
(d) Sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Schwartz a professor?

2. As the disease continues to progress, what type of situations must one must expect to increase in occurrence?

3. What are the hardest opposites to handle, as described in Chapter 4?

4. Acknowledging all feelings is going to cause one to realize what information about their loved ones?

5. Schwartz explains that it is important for relationships to be ______.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 536 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample