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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kubler-Ross say denial is for most people?
(a) A way to separate one's self from reality.
(b) A defensive device that will speed up the process of death.
(c) A buffer that allows the patient to mobilize other, less radical defenses.
(d) A motivation to continue finding other diagnoses.

2. Why does Kubler-Ross feel that our inability to cope with death is such a selfish thing?
(a) We feel that we are validated in treating others poorly because of our grief.
(b) We do not treat the hospital workers kindly.
(c) We do not give enough to charities who are researching terminal illnesses.
(d) We do not focus enough on the needs of the dying patient.

3. What are the two different forms of depression?
(a) Reactive and preparatory.
(b) Active and passive.
(c) Moral and theoretical.
(d) Theological and reactive.

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

5. What is the one complaint that the young girl's mother has?
(a) Her daughter is so young.
(b) She could not take her daughter home to die.
(c) The price of care was exorbitant.
(d) The hospital staff was inattentive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do most people do to cheer terminal patients that often makes the depression worse?

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

3. What does Kubler-Ross state is the key for peace in most terminal patients and their families?

4. What do most clergymen use as a way to comfort the terminally ill?

5. Why is the mother of the very small girl unhappy with the doctors who are treating her?

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