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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 fourth stage of grief?
(a) Denial.
(b) Bargaining.
(c) Depression.
(d) Acceptance.

2. Why does Kubler-Ross think we put so much faith into machines?
(a) It helps us forget our pain.
(b) It distracts us from the truth.
(c) It helps us deny our mortality.
(d) It gives us a false sense of hope.

3. What is the most effective way to help a depressed patient, according to Kubler-Ross?
(a) Visit often for long lengths of time.
(b) Speak extensively of religious beliefs.
(c) Allow time for contemplative silence.
(d) Describe the family doing well without them.

4. What has caused us to de-personalize the dying process?
(a) The strict visitation rules at hospitals.
(b) The taboo of speaking openly about religion.
(c) The distance we put between the dying and ourselves.
(d) The high number of machines that are used to prolong life.

5. What are terminal patients usually upset about when they reach the fourth stage of grief?
(a) The realization of loss.
(b) Abandoning their family.
(c) Being abandoned by God.
(d) Their unresolved issues.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do most patients enter the third stage of grief?

2. What negative effect can come from encouraging a terminal patient?

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

4. To whom was the patient in chapter VI not communicating his true feelings?

5. Why does Kubler-Ross feel that our inability to cope with death is such a selfish thing?

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