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

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

3. What has caused us to de-personalize the dying process?
(a) The taboo of speaking openly about religion.
(b) The distance we put between the dying and ourselves.
(c) The strict visitation rules at hospitals.
(d) The high number of machines that are used to prolong life.

4. To what other psychological ailment is denial related?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Shock.
(c) Hope.
(d) Fear.

5. What tends to be of great relief to terminal patients?
(a) Love.
(b) Diligence.
(c) Hope.
(d) Honesty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who causes the nun to examine her faith?

2. What is not necessary to do when a patient is unable to accept reality?

3. What does Kubler-Ross say will help us examine our own reactions and behaviors?

4. What are doctors primarily trained to do for terminal patients?

5. What terminal disease does the nun in chapter IV have?

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