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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what was Mr. J. angry?
(a) His family's lack of support.
(b) The lack of a cure for his illness.
(c) Living a good life and being rewarded with a terminal illness.
(d) The slow process of his death.

2. What are doctors primarily trained to do for terminal patients?
(a) Prolong life.
(b) Provide moral and spiritual support.
(c) Relieve suffering.
(d) Ease the passing.

3. What is not necessary to do when a patient is unable to accept reality?
(a) Working to prolong his or her life.
(b) Talking about the terminal nature of his or her disease.
(c) Moving on with the necessary items.
(d) Letting him or her remain in denial.

4. Who are described by Kubler-Ross as the "most desperate of all'?
(a) Terminal patients with no religion in their lives.
(b) The spouses of terminal patients.
(c) Terminal patients with no supportive family.
(d) Terminal patients who provoke others to anger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has become like a sister to Mrs. S. through all of her trials?

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

3. What is a comfort to female terminal patients that is sometimes an aggravation to male patients?

4. What point was reiterated in the story of Mr. and Mrs. W.?

5. Why should we never give up on terminal patients?

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