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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Over what had the patient in chapter VI been repressing grief?
(a) His strained relationship with his wife.
(b) His strained relationship with his parents.
(c) The death of his daughter.
(d) The death of his parents.

2. What is the major discrepancy that exists in almost every case of terminal illness?
(a) What the patient wants and what the doctors want.
(b) What the family wants and what the doctors want.
(c) What the patient wants and what the family wants.
(d) What the patient wants and what the doctor is willing to do.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was the medical's staff description of the patient in chapter VI so surprising to Kubler-Ross and her team?

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

4. How was the patient in chapter VI described by the medical staff?

5. In chapter VI, what did the patient's wife do that helped him overcome his depression?

(see the answer key)

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