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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would Kubler-Ross like to see technology used for in the case of terminally ill patients?
(a) Providing moral support.
(b) Prolonging life.
(c) Legal logistics.
(d) Individual contact.

2. What is the major discrepancy that exists in almost every case of terminal illness?
(a) What the family wants and what the doctors want.
(b) What the patient wants and what the family wants.
(c) What the patient wants and what the doctors want.
(d) What the patient wants and what the doctor is willing to do.

3. Who has become like a sister to Mrs. S. through all of her trials?
(a) Her neighbor.
(b) Her son's teacher.
(c) Her mother-in-law.
(d) Her nurse.

4. Who makes up Kubler-Ross's research team?
(a) Some top-of-the line social workers and herself.
(b) Some theology students and herself.
(c) Some medical students and herself.
(d) Some psychology students and herself.

5. What finally allows the nun to come to terms with her anger?
(a) Making peace with her family.
(b) Finally hearing the proper diagnosis of her illness.
(c) Getting the chance to express her feelings.
(d) Helping other terminal patients deal with their anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most common reaction to learning of a terminal illness?

2. What is different about doctors who express hope to their terminal patients?

3. How does Kubler-Ross say Americans view death?

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

5. What is the fifth stage of grief?

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