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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who shows resistance to Kubler-Ross's seminars on death when she first starts?
(a) The patients.
(b) The families.
(c) The state.
(d) The doctors.

2. What was an UNEXPECTED benefit of Kubler-Ross' seminars for the patients who attended?
(a) They faced their mortality.
(b) They had a reason to get out of bed.
(c) They heard the words of their family members.
(d) They realized their petty fears.

3. What did Mr. J. end up teaching Kubler-Ross?
(a) Acceptance will manifest itself in many different ways for different patients.
(b) Anonymous interviews are sometimes exactly what certain people need.
(c) Not all terminal patients will follow the same path to acceptance.
(d) The sessions with terminal patients should not be viewed as teaching sessions.

4. What sustains the young girl in chapter X through her illness?
(a) Her chance to discuss her illness with a therapist.
(b) Her amazingly supportive parents.
(c) Her very experienced doctors.
(d) Her faith that her fate is in God's hands.

5. What does Mr. J. say that every terminally ill patient has?
(a) A reason to hope.
(b) A perspective unlike they have ever had before.
(c) A unique philosophy on life and death.
(d) A true knowledge of his or her impending death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about the people who are receptive to Kubler-Ross's seminars when she first starts having them?

2. Why is the mother of the very small girl in chapter X so nervous about revealing to her daughter the true nature of her illness?

3. What did most of the students of Kubler-Ross's seminars have in common?

4. What is a child's main fear after age three?

5. Why does Kubler-Ross think we put so much faith into machines?

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