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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 is the first stage of the grieving process?
(a) Hope.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Anger.
(d) Denial.

2. What comfort did the dentist find while facing his death?
(a) His logistical details were taken care of.
(b) He would be with the Lord.
(c) He knew researchers were close to a cure.
(d) His wife and family knew that he loved them.

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

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

5. What ironic example of our deluded ideas towards death does Dr, Kubler-Ross give in chapter II?
(a) We can hear stories of accidental deaths and murders every day, but we never expect that to happen to us.
(b) We find it unfathomable for someone to survive a horrific car accident, only to come home and be killed by a silly disease.
(c) We find it unfathomable for someone to go to war and survive on the front lines, only to come home and be killed in a car accident.
(d) We understand when others we do not know die but refuse to accept that anyone in our circle could possibly pass away.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was so different about the dentist's stage of acceptance?

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

4. What is the most common reaction to learning of a terminal illness?

5. How did Mrs. W.'s husband see her acceptance of death?

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