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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what did the nun become an advocate?
(a) Religious rights of terminal patients.
(b) Patients whose needs were not being met.
(c) Social workers in the hospitals.
(d) Research of terminal illness.

2. What terminal disease does the nun in chapter IV have?
(a) Lung cancer.
(b) Hodgkin's disease.
(c) Parkinson's disease.
(d) ALS.

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

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

5. What has caused us to fear a violent and catastrophic death, according to Kubler-Ross?
(a) Rumors of weapons of mass destruction.
(b) The reality of constant warfare.
(c) Rising crime rates.
(d) The dramatized violent scenes in movies and on TV.

Short Answer Questions

1. When should a doctor discuss death with a terminal patient?

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

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

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

5. What has taken away a great deal of comfort for those struggling with a terminal illness, according to Kubler-Ross?

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