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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does chapter X primarily consist?
(a) Coping strategies for terminally ill patients.
(b) Interviews with patients.
(c) Deeper explanations of the five stages of grief.
(d) Instructions for comforting family members of terminal patients.

2. What negative effect can come from encouraging a terminal patient?
(a) Makes him or her feel guilty for not being able to endure.
(b) Creates despair and hopelessness.
(c) Disrupts the process of preparing for death.
(d) Depresses him or her.

3. What does Kubler-Ross say the immediate family of terminal patients experience with their dying loved one?
(a) The five stages of grief.
(b) The rollercoaster of hope and despair.
(c) The fear of death.
(d) The loss of life-force.

4. To what does the author compare the stage of acceptance?
(a) Readying oneself to rise again.
(b) Sleeping in a quiet tomb of peace.
(c) Numbing oneself to all outer pain.
(d) A child returning to the womb.

5. 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) Our own mortality.
(d) That the bonds of love will last.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As what did Mr. J. refer to his small happy moments?

3. What is the third stage of grief?

4. What is the fastest way to strip terminal patients of their dignity?

5. What has taken away a great deal of comfort for those struggling with a terminal illness, according to Kubler-Ross?

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