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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. As described in Chapter 2, ______ helps Schwartz deal with his disease.
2. Schwartz stresses the importance of ______ one's self.
3. Even though Schwartz is not able to dance when he hears music, he is described as still being able to ______.
4. Schwartz encourages friends and family to let the grieving person do what action in front of them?
5. Schwartz discusses the importance of not ____________the past.
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 3, both good grief and bad grief are explained by Morrie. Discuss the importance of both forms of grief, as they relate to Morrie's point of view.
2. In Chapter 5, Morrie discusses a relationship that he had with a colleague. Explain this relationship and the outcome.
3. In Chapter 3, Morrie discusses how he was able to overcome his mother's death. Explain the special circumstances that help Morrie cope.
4. In Chapter 2, how does Schwartz explain the importance of honesty?
5. In Chapter 1, Schwartz's disease and its signs and symptoms are described. Explain his diagnosis and what is occurring in his body.
6. Using text from Chapter 4, discuss how Morrie explains contradictory feelings.
7. Throughout Chapter 1, Schwartz talks about the importance of asking for help. Describe his reasoning behind the need for asking for help.
8. In Chapter 2, Schwartz describes psychological vulnerability. Explain this concept.
9. In Chapter 5, Morrie stresses the importance of healing past relationships. Describe which past relationships should be focused on and why.
10. In Chapter 1, Schwartz's first four steps of living with physical limitations and life-threatening diseases are explained. Describe these first four steps.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
One of the major topics that Schwartz focuses on throughout the book is his personal feelings towards his loss of independence. Describe how Schwartz relates this loss of independence as being so difficult because of the culture we live in.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 11, Schwartz discusses the process of considering death. Describe Schwartz's attitude about death. Finally, explain what Schwartz believes is going to happen to him after he dies.
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