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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 usually helps a great deal in the depression stage of grief?
(a) Time and space.
(b) Some time away from the hospital.
(c) Arranging all the logistical details.
(d) Expressing their feelings.

2. What ironic example of our deluded ideas towards death does Dr, Kubler-Ross give in chapter II?
(a) We can hear stories of accidental deaths and murders every day, but we never expect that to happen to us.
(b) We understand when others we do not know die but refuse to accept that anyone in our circle could possibly pass away.
(c) We find it unfathomable for someone to go to war and survive on the front lines, only to come home and be killed in a car accident.
(d) We find it unfathomable for someone to survive a horrific car accident, only to come home and be killed by a silly disease.

3. Why was the one doctor so hostile towards Kubler-Ross and her seminars?
(a) He thought she cared only about the proceeds from her book.
(b) He felt she was undermining his treatment decisions.
(c) He had a bad experience with one of her colleagues.
(d) He equated her help with assisted suicide.

4. What point was reiterated in the story of Mr. and Mrs. W.?
(a) That closure is an important process in the dying process.
(b) That over-stimulation is harmful to the acceptance process.
(c) That we should pay more attention to the patient's wishes than our own.
(d) That too much communication can be harmful.

5. What has caused us to fear a violent and catastrophic death, according to Kubler-Ross?
(a) The reality of constant warfare.
(b) Rumors of weapons of mass destruction.
(c) Rising crime rates.
(d) The dramatized violent scenes in movies and on TV.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kubler-Ross say the immediate family of terminal patients experience with their dying loved one?

2. What do some men do when their wives fall ill to a terminal illness?

3. Why did some of the nurses avoid tending to patients who were terminally ill?

4. What is usually the best way to help angry patients push past their feelings of anger?

5. What did Kubler-Ross' seminar end up being for many of the students in attendance?

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