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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the major discrepancy that exists in almost every case of terminal illness?
(a) What the patient wants and what the doctors want.
(b) What the family wants and what the doctors want.
(c) What the patient wants and what the doctor is willing to do.
(d) What the patient wants and what the family wants.

2. What do we need to strengthen the most in ourselves, according to Kubler-Ross?
(a) Our support systems.
(b) Our physical strength.
(c) Our ability to tell the truth.
(d) Our emotional stability.

3. What finally allows the nun to come to terms with her anger?
(a) Helping other terminal patients deal with their anger.
(b) Making peace with her family.
(c) Finally hearing the proper diagnosis of her illness.
(d) Getting the chance to express her feelings.

4. What negative effect can come from encouraging a terminal patient?
(a) Disrupts the process of preparing for death.
(b) Makes him or her feel guilty for not being able to endure.
(c) Depresses him or her.
(d) Creates despair and hopelessness.

5. What has caused us to fear a violent and catastrophic death, according to Kubler-Ross?
(a) Rising crime rates.
(b) The reality of constant warfare.
(c) Rumors of weapons of mass destruction.
(d) The dramatized violent scenes in movies and on TV.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What usually accompanies depression in the terminally ill patient?

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

5. From what is the patient in chapter VI dying?

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