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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Schwartz describes the common misconception that bodily health is _____ to all humans.
(a) Perfect.
(b) Necessary.
(c) Owed.
(d) Not commom.

2. Schwartz stresses the importance of ______ one's self.
(a) Forgiving.
(b) Not forgetting.
(c) Keeping,
(d) Remembering.

3. According to Schwartz, what is the most constant feeling one has when in declining health?
(a) Hope.
(b) Fear.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Depression.

4. As described in Chapter 2, ______ helps Schwartz deal with his disease.
(a) Playing the piano.
(b) Happy movies.
(c) Humor.
(d) His grandchildren.

5. When Schwartz first learned of his sickness, what did he decide to start?
(a) A charity foundation.
(b) An annual blood drive.
(c) Documenting his declining health.
(d) Informing others that he would survive this disease.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Schwartz struggles most with loss of what natural body function?
(a) Mobility.
(b) Arm function.
(c) Digestion.
(d) Memory.

13. As the disease continues to progress, what type of situations must one must expect to increase in occurrence?
(a) Scary situations.
(b) Meaningful situations.
(c) Hopeful situations.
(d) Stressful situations.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Schwartz received a diagnosis for what disease?

4. Presumably, what occurrence will be counteracted by the peace one cultivates?

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

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