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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two different forms of depression?
(a) Reactive and preparatory.
(b) Theological and reactive.
(c) Moral and theoretical.
(d) Active and passive.

2. Why should we never give up on terminal patients?
(a) It is often offensive.
(b) They need our strength.
(c) There is never reason to give up hope.
(d) We do not want them to give up on themselves.

3. What usually accompanies depression in the terminally ill patient?
(a) Shame and guilt.
(b) The beginning of acceptance.
(c) Despair and sadness.
(d) Relief.

4. How did Mrs. W. respond to what her husband arranged for her when she had reached the stage of acceptance?
(a) She wrote a letter to all of her children because she did not want them to see her.
(b) She shed tears of gratitude.
(c) She went into a psychotic episode.
(d) She refused to speak openly with anyone she did not know.

5. Why did some patients ask Kubler-Ross and her team for a second interview?
(a) They liked being able to talk to someone.
(b) They wanted to give them money.
(c) They had other people with whom they wanted Kubler-Ross to speak.
(d) They wanted to express their true feelings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some terminal patients never psychologically do before they die?

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

3. What creates the greatest amount of stress for a terminal patient?

4. Who causes the nun to examine her faith?

5. What has caused us to de-personalize the dying process?

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