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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing that Kubler-Ross does NOT say terminal patients get angry about?
(a) The hospital staff for being well.
(b) The world for continuing on without them.
(c) Their family for writing them off as already dead.
(d) Themselves for getting sick.

2. What does Kubler-Ross say that most American doctors are afraid to do?
(a) Accept that they, themselves, could die from an illness.
(b) Admit to a patient that he or she will die.
(c) Tell family members that a loved one is dying.
(d) Lose a patient on their watch.

3. What do some terminal patients never psychologically do before they die?
(a) Accept the reality of their upcoming death.
(b) Find peace in their souls.
(c) Arrange their worldy things.
(d) Make amends with their family members.

4. What creates the greatest amount of stress for a terminal patient?
(a) Feeling that they are abandoning loved ones.
(b) Being a useless member of society.
(c) Looking death in the face.
(d) Losing control of one's environment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do we need to strengthen the most in ourselves, according to Kubler-Ross?

2. Who makes up Kubler-Ross's research team?

3. What is the first stage of the grieving process?

4. What usually follows denial in the grieving process?

5. What has caused us to fear a violent and catastrophic death, according to Kubler-Ross?

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