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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mrs. W.'s husband see her acceptance of death?
(a) Detachment and rejection.
(b) A reason to hope for recovery.
(c) A beautiful process.
(d) A symptom of her disease.

2. What kind of terminal patient gets less attention and visits, even from the hospital staff?
(a) A patient with no family.
(b) A patient with a contagious disease.
(c) An angry patient.
(d) A patient close to death.

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

4. What did Mr. W. arrange for his wife when she reached the stage of acceptance?
(a) An additional surgery.
(b) A final meeting with her children and grandchildren.
(c) A lawyer to make out her will.
(d) A chance to speak with Dr. Kubler-Ross.

5. 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 refused to speak openly with anyone she did not know.
(c) She shed tears of gratitude.
(d) She went into a psychotic episode.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kubler-Ross say is more important than fluids and pain medication for one who is dying?

2. How does Kubler-Ross say others should react to the denial of a terminal patient?

3. How do the young girl's siblings treat her?

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

5. What was one woman in chapter IX afraid of before she died?

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