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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do most terminal patients promise to do while in the third stage of grief?
(a) Help the cause of researching their disease.
(b) Dedicate their lives to God.
(c) Never ask for anything again.
(d) Repent of all their past sins.

2. To what does Kubler-Ross wish we could return?
(a) A time when mourning was natural and cathartic rather than causing deep anger.
(b) A time when death was not feared.
(c) A time when Americans were more like Europeans.
(d) A time when technology was simpler and religion was richer.

3. What does Kubler-Ross say usually helps a great deal in the depression stage of grief?
(a) Arranging all the logistical details.
(b) Some time away from the hospital.
(c) Time and space.
(d) Expressing their feelings.

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

5. 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) Instruct doctors and nurses in the proper ways to care for terminal patients.
(d) Hold seminars for family members of deceased patients.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kubler-Ross say denial is for most people?

2. What would Kubler-Ross like to see technology used for in the case of terminally ill patients?

3. What does Kubler-Ross say we should pay the closest attention to about a terminal patient?

4. To what other psychological ailment is denial related?

5. What usually accompanies depression in the terminally ill patient?

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