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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through VII and VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the most effective way to help a depressed patient, according to Kubler-Ross?
(a) Speak extensively of religious beliefs.
(b) Visit often for long lengths of time.
(c) Allow time for contemplative silence.
(d) Describe the family doing well without them.

3. From what is the patient in chapter VI dying?
(a) ALS.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Hodgkin's.
(d) Parkinson's.

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

5. To whom was the patient in chapter VI not communicating his true feelings?
(a) Kubler-Ross and her team.
(b) His children.
(c) The hospital staff.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kubler-Ross say that we are really denying when we refuse to accept a terminal illness in someone we love?

2. What does Kubler-Ross state that most terminal patients hope to be?

3. What is the fifth stage of grief?

4. What does the fourth stage of grief replace in the terminal patient?

5. Why did some patients ask Kubler-Ross and her team for a second interview?

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