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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 has Kubler-Ross and her team done for years that provides comfort for terminal patients?
(a) Donate money to a charity for research on terminal illnesses.
(b) Allow patients to speak and be careful listeners.
(c) Hold seminars for family members of deceased patients.
(d) Instruct doctors and nurses in the proper ways to care for terminal patients.

2. Who are described by Kubler-Ross as the "most desperate of all'?
(a) Terminal patients who provoke others to anger.
(b) Terminal patients with no religion in their lives.
(c) Terminal patients with no supportive family.
(d) The spouses of terminal patients.

3. Why does Kubler-Ross think we put so much faith into machines?
(a) It helps us forget our pain.
(b) It helps us deny our mortality.
(c) It gives us a false sense of hope.
(d) It distracts us from the truth.

4. How does Kubler-Ross say Americans view death?
(a) As the end of hope.
(b) As a negative and malicious thing that takes our loved ones away.
(c) As a reason to pull away from people we love in order to avoid pain.
(d) As an ending and cessation.

5. When should a doctor discuss death with a terminal patient?
(a) When family is present to offer support.
(b) When there is no other option.
(c) When there is a definite timespan.
(d) Long before it arrives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Kubler-Ross blame for the increased fear of death and dying?

2. Why does Kubler-Ross feel that our inability to cope with death is such a selfish thing?

3. What tends to be of great relief to terminal patients?

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

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

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