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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kubler-Ross say others should react to the denial of a terminal patient?
(a) They should pretend to be in denial as well until they come around.
(b) They should ignore them until they are ready to face the facts.
(c) They should be understanding and uncontradictory.
(d) They should try their hardest to get them to accept the truth.

2. What are doctors primarily trained to do for terminal patients?
(a) Provide moral and spiritual support.
(b) Relieve suffering.
(c) Ease the passing.
(d) Prolong life.

3. What is the first stage of the grieving process?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Hope.
(c) Anger.
(d) Denial.

4. 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) Tell family members that a loved one is dying.
(c) Accept that they, themselves, could die from an illness.
(d) Lose a patient on their watch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what is the patient in chapter VI dying?

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

3. What is one thing that Kubler-Ross does NOT say terminal patients get angry about?

4. Who finally recognized and diagnosed the nun's disease?

5. What is the fastest way to strip terminal patients of their dignity?

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