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

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

3. What is the first stage of the grieving process?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Denial.
(c) Hope.
(d) Anger.

4. What is the biggest relief to an angry patient?
(a) Writing his or her feelings.
(b) Being separated from people for a time.
(c) Expressing his or her anger.
(d) Suppressing his or her feelings until they go away.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What are doctors primarily trained to do for terminal patients?

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

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

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