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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Chapter 5 concerns the importance of holding on to ______.
2. Even though Schwartz is not able to dance when he hears music, he is described as still being able to ______.
3. Schwartz explains that one may love their family while also feeling what other emotion?
4. Schwartz recognizes that _____ are associated with the more difficult periods of the disease.
5. What action does Schwartz ask his friends and family to perform when he is feeling up or down?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 3, Morrie focuses on grief. Explain his concept of grieving and mourning for yourself and the importance of this concept.
2. In Chapter 5, Morrie discusses a relationship that he had with a colleague. Explain this relationship and the outcome.
3. 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.
4. In Chapter 1, Schwartz's disease and its signs and symptoms are described. Explain his diagnosis and what is occurring in his body.
5. In Chapter 3, Morrie explains that the act of crying and the emotions that go along with it have helped him to grieve. Discuss his personal experience with this concept.
6. The emotional patterns of illness are explained by Schwartz in Chapter 2. Explain the significance of these patterns.
7. In Chapter 2, Schwartz describes psychological vulnerability. Explain this concept.
8. In Chapter 4, the concept of acceptance is developed. Explain the importance of acceptance, as described by Morrie.
9. In Chapter 4, the fourth piece of advice that Morrie gives one in declining health involves comfort. Explain this advice.
10. Explain what Morrie describes as the most difficult concept to handle when in declining health.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A major elements of Schwartz writing is the internal conflict of man versus man. More specifically it is Morrie versus his own health. Explain this conflict. What various emotions does Morrie display due to the impact his health is having on his physical limitations?
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 5, the subject of reviewing and learning from the past is presented. Morrie explains that one should be able to reminisce about the past, but one must struggle not to live in the past. Explain in detail how Morrie describes the method of living an intricate balance between simply reminiscing and completely living in the past.
Essay Topic 3
Schwartz describes an extremely passionate scene from a group therapy session that he attended to help express loss. Describe this therapy session and the reward that Schwartz was able to obtain from this therapy session.
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