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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kubler-Ross say is more important than fluids and pain medication for one who is dying?
(a) A silent partner to see him or her through.
(b) Patience, friendship, and support.
(c) Faith and hope for a cure.
(d) Handling of legal logistics.

2. What does Mr. J. say that every terminally ill patient has?
(a) A unique philosophy on life and death.
(b) A true knowledge of his or her impending death.
(c) A reason to hope.
(d) A perspective unlike they have ever had before.

3. What does Kubler-Ross say that we are really denying when we refuse to accept a terminal illness in someone we love?
(a) The hope of an after-life.
(b) That the bonds of love will last.
(c) Our fear and longing.
(d) Our own mortality.

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

5. What creates the greatest amount of stress for a terminal patient?
(a) Being a useless member of society.
(b) Looking death in the face.
(c) Feeling that they are abandoning loved ones.
(d) Losing control of one's environment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has taken away a great deal of comfort for those struggling with a terminal illness, according to Kubler-Ross?

2. Who makes up Kubler-Ross's research team?

3. What are terminal patients usually upset about when they reach the fourth stage of grief?

4. What does Kubler-Ross say we should pay the closest attention to about a terminal patient?

5. The author says, "We should speak as openly about death as we do about... " what?

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