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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what did the dentist have hope?
(a) A chance to write his story.
(b) To die with his family close by.
(c) A reconciliation with his siblings.
(d) A cure.

2. Why do most patients enter the third stage of grief?
(a) They want to believe there is a way to be released from their situation.
(b) They are attempting to postpone the inevitable.
(c) They want more control of their circumstances.
(d) They are afraid to let go of their anger.

3. How many times was the nun admitted to the hospital?
(a) 15.
(b) 5.
(c) 11.
(d) 20.

4. What does Kubler-Ross say we should pay the closest attention to about a terminal patient?
(a) His or her pain.
(b) His or her family.
(c) His or her fear.
(d) His or her feelings.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. When should a doctor discuss death with a terminal patient?

2. What is different about doctors who express hope to their terminal patients?

3. About what was Mr. J. angry?

4. Of what does Kubler-Ross think bargaining is a sign?

5. About what is the patient in chapter VI most depressed?

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