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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mrs. W. respond to what her husband arranged for her when she had reached the stage of acceptance?
(a) She shed tears of gratitude.
(b) She wrote a letter to all of her children because she did not want them to see her.
(c) She went into a psychotic episode.
(d) She refused to speak openly with anyone she did not know.

2. How many family members has the patient in chapter VI seen die in a short amount of time?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

3. For what does Kubler-Ross say we should never judge families?
(a) Their anger towards the staff.
(b) Their ignorance of the disease.
(c) Their love for the patients.
(d) Their seemingly unorthodox behaviors.

4. Who finally recognized and diagnosed the nun's disease?
(a) Her psychiatrist.
(b) She did, after reading about it.
(c) A patient with the same disease.
(d) Another nurse in the hospital she at which she worked.

5. What does the fourth stage of grief replace in the terminal patient?
(a) Denial.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Hope.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mr. W. arrange for his wife when she reached the stage of acceptance?

2. What does Kubler-Ross say that most American doctors are afraid to do?

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

4. Over what had the patient in chapter VI been repressing grief?

5. What creates the greatest amount of stress for a terminal patient?

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