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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of terminal patient gets less attention and visits, even from the hospital staff?
(a) A patient with no family.
(b) A patient with a contagious disease.
(c) A patient close to death.
(d) An angry patient.

2. From what is the patient in chapter VI dying?
(a) Parkinson's.
(b) ALS.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Hodgkin's.

3. What has caused us to de-personalize the dying process?
(a) The high number of machines that are used to prolong life.
(b) The taboo of speaking openly about religion.
(c) The strict visitation rules at hospitals.
(d) The distance we put between the dying and ourselves.

4. What is a child's main fear after age three?
(a) Death.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Separation.
(d) Pain.

5. What point was reiterated in the story of Mr. and Mrs. W.?
(a) That too much communication can be harmful.
(b) That over-stimulation is harmful to the acceptance process.
(c) That we should pay more attention to the patient's wishes than our own.
(d) That closure is an important process in the dying process.

Short Answer Questions

1. What usually follows denial in the grieving process?

2. What does Mr. J. say that every terminally ill patient has?

3. What comforted the woman who was afraid in chapter IX?

4. How did Mrs. W. respond to what her husband arranged for her when she had reached the stage of acceptance?

5. For what did the dentist have hope?

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