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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 does Kubler-Ross say that we are really denying when we refuse to accept a terminal illness in someone we love?
(a) The hope of an after-life.
(b) Our fear and longing.
(c) That the bonds of love will last.
(d) Our own mortality.

2. Over what had the patient in chapter VI been repressing grief?
(a) The death of his daughter.
(b) The death of his parents.
(c) His strained relationship with his wife.
(d) His strained relationship with his parents.

3. What is the fastest way to strip terminal patients of their dignity?
(a) To not allow their family to visit.
(b) To make them beg for what they need.
(c) To treat them as unimportant.
(d) To continually talk about death.

4. What do most terminal patients promise to do while in the third stage of grief?
(a) Repent of all their past sins.
(b) Never ask for anything again.
(c) Help the cause of researching their disease.
(d) Dedicate their lives to God.

5. From whom does Kubler-Ross say we should never hide the truth of death?
(a) Anyone.
(b) Children.
(c) The loved ones.
(d) The patient.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Kubler-Ross think bargaining is a sign?

2. What has Kubler-Ross and her team done for years that provides comfort for terminal patients?

3. What terminal disease does the nun in chapter IV have?

4. What finally allows the nun to come to terms with her anger?

5. How many times was the nun admitted to the hospital?

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