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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do we need to strengthen the most in ourselves, according to Kubler-Ross?
(a) Our support systems.
(b) Our ability to tell the truth.
(c) Our emotional stability.
(d) Our physical strength.

3. With whom do most terminal patients bargain?
(a) Their family.
(b) Themselves.
(c) God.
(d) Their doctor.

4. What is one thing that Kubler-Ross does NOT say terminal patients get angry about?
(a) Themselves for getting sick.
(b) Their family for writing them off as already dead.
(c) The hospital staff for being well.
(d) The world for continuing on without them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kubler-Ross think doctors should do for terminal patients?

2. What is the fourth stage of grief?

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

4. What do most terminal patients promise to do while in the third stage of grief?

5. What do most people do to cheer terminal patients that often makes the depression worse?

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