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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Mrs. S. when she was interviewed?
(a) 33.
(b) 49.
(c) 55.
(d) 29.

2. 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.

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

4. Who finally recognized and diagnosed the nun's disease?
(a) Another nurse in the hospital she at which she worked.
(b) A patient with the same disease.
(c) Her psychiatrist.
(d) She did, after reading about it.

5. Why is the mother of the very small girl in chapter X so nervous about revealing to her daughter the true nature of her illness?
(a) She does not want the small girl to lose hope.
(b) She does not want to give the small girl unfounded hope.
(c) She does not want the small girl to be afraid to let her die.
(d) She does not want the small girl to feel that she was lied to later on.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what did the nun become an advocate?

3. At what age are children able to start understanding the biological process of death?

4. What does the courageous female patient equate with death?

5. What ironic example of our deluded ideas towards death does Dr, Kubler-Ross give in chapter II?

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