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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom do most terminal patients bargain?
(a) Their family.
(b) Their doctor.
(c) God.
(d) Themselves.

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

3. For what did the nun become an advocate?
(a) Social workers in the hospitals.
(b) Religious rights of terminal patients.
(c) Patients whose needs were not being met.
(d) Research of terminal illness.

4. What do some terminal patients never psychologically do before they die?
(a) Accept the reality of their upcoming death.
(b) Find peace in their souls.
(c) Arrange their worldy things.
(d) Make amends with their family members.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What tends to be of great relief to terminal patients?

2. Who causes the nun to examine her faith?

3. How does Kubler-Ross say others should react to the denial of a terminal patient?

4. What is the most effective way to help a depressed patient, according to Kubler-Ross?

5. When should a doctor discuss death with a terminal patient?

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