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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 usually helps a great deal in the depression stage of grief?
(a) Expressing their feelings.
(b) Time and space.
(c) Some time away from the hospital.
(d) Arranging all the logistical details.

2. In chapter VI, what did the patient's wife do that helped him overcome his depression?
(a) She showed him how she would be able to move on.
(b) She arranged all of their logistical details.
(c) She pointed out his admirable traits.
(d) She spoke to him about heaven and all the loved ones who would be waiting for him.

3. Of what is non-communication from the family an indication?
(a) The family's denial.
(b) The family's anger.
(c) The family's guilty feelings.
(d) The family's rejection.

4. Who are described by Kubler-Ross as the "most desperate of all'?
(a) The spouses of terminal patients.
(b) Terminal patients with no supportive family.
(c) Terminal patients who provoke others to anger.
(d) Terminal patients with no religion in their lives.

5. What usually follows denial in the grieving process?
(a) Despair.
(b) Hope.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the major discrepancy that exists in almost every case of terminal illness?

2. What is at the core of Kubler-Ross's studies on death and dying?

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

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

5. From whom does Kubler-Ross say we should never hide the truth of death?

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