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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action should people always take when they are diagnosed with a debilitating disease?
(a) Pray about it.
(b) Talk about it.
(c) Be thankful for it.
(d) Laugh about it.

2. According to Schwartz in Chapter 9, what two actions will one have to perform when health is declining?
(a) Seek treatment and attempt recovery.
(b) Seek a higher spitual being and pray.
(c) Attend doctor appointments and discuss the problems.
(d) Participate and observe what is occuring in your body.

3. Schwartz describes that being gentle to yourself is like ______ yourself.
(a) Kidding.
(b) Helping.
(c) Parenting.
(d) Giving false hope to.

4. What event does Schwartz describe as only the beginning to relating to others?
(a) Wanting to be different.
(b) Wanting new friends.
(c) Wanting to conquer the disease.
(d) Wanting to be the same.

5. Schwartz refers to what sociologist when discussing social roles?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Martin Luther King Jr.
(c) Erving Goffman.
(d) Max Weber.

6. Schwartz explains that a person must be one's own _____.
(a) Father.
(b) Caregiver.
(c) Friend.
(d) Mother.

7. Schwartz explains that you can determine how you will respond to an event after what occurrence?
(a) Your immediate, first reaction.
(b) An acknowledgement of previous mistakes.
(c) An apology.
(d) A temper tantrum.

8. Schwartz explains that one should set goals of being _____ and outgoing, even when you do not feel it.
(a) Compassionate.
(b) Cheerful.
(c) Nice.
(d) Calm.

9. According to Schwartz, retaining what type of sense is essential to surviving one's illness mentally?
(a) Sense of control.
(b) Sense of balance.
(c) Sense of reality.
(d) Sense of touch.

10. The article in the newspaper lead to an interview on what national news program?
(a) 20-20.
(b) Nightline.
(c) 60 Minutes.
(d) The Today Show.

11. Schwartz explains that one must treat themselves in what manner?
(a) Compassionate.
(b) Tough.
(c) As if one is invincible.
(d) Gently.

12. In Chapter 6, Schwartz states that one should focus on __________.
(a) Relatives.
(b) The past.
(c) The future.
(d) Things that really matter.

13. Schwartz describes that you often lose your sense of ______ in Western life, and you should try to make an effort to regain it.
(a) Community.
(b) Sight.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Hope.

14. Schwartz emphasizes that no matter how bad life gets, one should always keep their heart open to whom?
(a) Just family.
(b) Strangers.
(c) Doctors and nurses.
(d) All others.

15. After Schwartz was diagnosed with his disease, how did his life change the most?
(a) He talked about his feelings more.
(b) He became more active.
(c) He became more serious.
(d) He started to treat loved ones better.

Short Answer Questions

1. Schwartz explains that one is more likely to be absorbed by which state?

2. Today, what religion does Schwartz find himself drawn to?

3. Schwartz encourages the reader to pursue _______.

4. How does mediation help Schwartz feel?

5. In Chapter 8, Schwartz explains that it is easy to feel ____ when ill.

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