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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 believes that it is important to not let one believe that they are _____.
(a) Indefinable.
(b) Unwanted.
(c) Unimportant.
(d) Useless.

2. According to Schwartz, relating to whom is important?
(a) Just close friends and family.
(b) Others and yourself.
(c) Just yourself.
(d) All hospital staff.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Schwartz was diagnosed with ALS, he reestablished old relationships with whom?

2. Schwartz encourages the reader to pursue _______.

3. The article in the newspaper lead to an interview on what national news program?

4. According to Schwartz, increasing what type of control requires understanding why you are doing what you are doing?

5. What was Schwartz's faith throughout his childhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 7, Morrie stresses the importance of sharing how one feels with others. Describe Morrie's concept of sharing and how it relates to those in declining health.

2. In Chapter 9, Morrie states that one must be a witness to themselves. Explain what Morrie means by this statement.

3. In Chapter 6, Morrie explains the importance of not becoming useless. Explain why not becoming useless is so important.

4. In Chapter 6, the reader learns how Morrie started writing. Discuss what Morrie wrote and why he started writing.

5. In Chapter 9, Morrie stresses the importance of detachment from the disease. Explain why this detachment is so important to Morrie. What personally helps Morrie form this sense of detachment?

6. In Chapter 6, Morrie discusses the sociologist Erving Goffman. Explain how Morrie incorporates Goffman's theories into his own ideas.

7. In Chapter 8, Morrie stresses the importance of having time alone. Explain why alone time is so important to someone who is ill.

8. In Chapter 10, Morrie discusses the importance of spiritual connection. Explain Morrie's view on the importance of a spiritual connection and why one who is experiencing declining health needs this connection.

9. In Chapter 10, Morrie encourages his reader to discover what is divine. What event made Morrie find what he thought was divine? How did his views on life change?

10. In Chapter 10, Morrie explains that it is extremely important for the sufferer to develop a connection with a higher power. Explain the importance behind the development of this connection with a higher power.

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