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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to Schwartz, sufferers should ask friends and family in advance for a ______.
(a) Compassionate nudge.
(b) Positive outlook.
(c) Daily phone call.
(d) Daily hug.

4. Schwartz received a diagnosis for what disease?
(a) Pulmonary fibrous.
(b) Brain cancer.
(c) Parkinson's disease.
(d) ALS.

5. According to Schwartz, what emotion results from being unable to act on an impulse to achieve an objective?
(a) Frustration.
(b) Anger.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Sadness.

6. 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 walk.
(c) Losing the ability to swallow and speak.
(d) Losing the ability to see.

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

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

9. What is the second vital step that Schwartz describes in Chapter 1?
(a) Prepare for a full recovery.
(b) Deny what is happening.
(c) Tell your family and friends.
(d) Accept the condition.

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

11. How does one handle stressful emotions, according to Schwartz?
(a) By informing friends and family that help is needed.
(b) By relaxing and accepting that achievement is going to come later than expected.
(c) By releasing anger.
(d) By seeking professional help.

12. In Chapter 5, Schwartz discusses the importance of _____________.
(a) Forgetting.
(b) Talking to loved ones.
(c) Relieving pain.
(d) Reminiscing.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Schwartz struggles most with loss of what natural body function?

2. Schwartz recognizes that _____ are associated with the more difficult periods of the disease.

3. What action does Schwartz ask his friends and family to perform when he is feeling up or down?

4. When Schwartz first learned of his sickness, what did he decide to start?

5. What does Schwartz have to learn to control to avoid falling?

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