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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ironic example of our deluded ideas towards death does Dr, Kubler-Ross give in chapter II?
(a) We can hear stories of accidental deaths and murders every day, but we never expect that to happen to us.
(b) We find it unfathomable for someone to go to war and survive on the front lines, only to come home and be killed in a car accident.
(c) We understand when others we do not know die but refuse to accept that anyone in our circle could possibly pass away.
(d) We find it unfathomable for someone to survive a horrific car accident, only to come home and be killed by a silly disease.

2. What does Kubler-Ross say we should pay the closest attention to about a terminal patient?
(a) His or her pain.
(b) His or her family.
(c) His or her fear.
(d) His or her feelings.

3. What is the name of the terminal patient interviewed in chapter VI?
(a) Mr. H.
(b) Mr. D.
(c) Mrs. H.
(d) Dr. D.

4. With what concept is a patient in denial usually really trying to deal?
(a) His or her need for help.
(b) The love for his or her family.
(c) The reality of his or her mortality.
(d) The shame of his or her past deeds.

5. To whom was the patient in chapter VI not communicating his true feelings?
(a) His wife.
(b) The hospital staff.
(c) His children.
(d) Kubler-Ross and her team.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the daughter of a patient in chapter IX do when her mother became ill?

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

3. Why do some terminal patients never reach the final stage of grief?

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

5. What do most people do to cheer terminal patients that often makes the depression worse?

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