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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has happened with the young girl's relationships since falling ill?
(a) They have grown closer.
(b) They have become tense and uncomfortable.
(c) They can now feel each other's pain.
(d) They have drifted apart.

2. What was so different about the dentist's stage of acceptance?
(a) He had truly accepted the idea of dying, yet he still had hope.
(b) He had reached acceptance while his family was stuck in the stage of depression.
(c) He had skipped from denial all the way to acceptance.
(d) He had a false sense of acceptance.

3. What is the fifth stage of grief?
(a) Anger.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Depression.
(d) Bargaining.

4. What does the courageous female patient teach Kubler-Ross?
(a) That service is an antidote to depression.
(b) That the depression stage can be skipped altogether.
(c) That every person has an individual approach to acceptance.
(d) That denial can be useful and healthy.

5. What is different about doctors who express hope to their terminal patients?
(a) They are seen as unscientific.
(b) They are too caught up in the emotions of their patient.
(c) They are making promises they cannot keep.
(d) They are more readily trusted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What point was reiterated in the story of Mr. and Mrs. W.?

2. How does the young girl in chapter X view death?

3. Why should we never give up on terminal patients?

4. With what concept is a patient in denial usually really trying to deal?

5. What does the courageous female patient equate with death?

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