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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of feelings will not go away because one is sick?
(a) Love.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Anger and resentment.
(d) Hope.

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

4. The best way for Schwartz to express loss is by __________.
(a) Crying.
(b) Screaming.
(c) Going to therapy.
(d) Not talking about the issue.

5. Schwartz explains that one may want what occurrence to happen?
(a) Silence from friends and family.
(b) Unexplained happiness.
(c) Death.
(d) A bad prognosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, Schwartz expresses the importance of acknowledging what type of feelings?

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

3. According to Schwartz, what is the first step in developing peace?

4. Where did Schwartz teach?

5. In Chapter 5, Schwartz states that one must come to terms with whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 1, Schwartz's disease and its signs and symptoms are described. Explain his diagnosis and what is occurring in his body.

2. In Chapter 3, Morrie focuses on grief. Explain his concept of grieving and mourning for yourself and the importance of this concept.

3. In Chapter 2, how does Schwartz explain the importance of honesty?

4. In Chapter 2, Schwartz discusses the concept of frustration. Explain the importance of frustration as it relates to the way one handles a disease.

5. Throughout Chapter 1, Schwartz talks about the importance of asking for help. Describe his reasoning behind the need for asking for help.

6. Morrie spends a lot of time discussing forgiveness. Explain the concept of forgiveness, as it is presented in Chapter 5.

7. In Chapter 5, Morrie discusses the past. Explain why Morrie places such a major emphasize on the past, as it relates to one experiencing declining health.

8. The emotional patterns of illness are explained by Schwartz in Chapter 2. Explain the significance of these patterns.

9. In Chapter 3, Morrie discusses how he was able to overcome his mother's death. Explain the special circumstances that help Morrie cope.

10. Explain the importance of dancing in the life of Schwartz, as explained in Chapter 2.

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