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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has caused us to de-personalize the dying process?
(a) The taboo of speaking openly about religion.
(b) The strict visitation rules at hospitals.
(c) The high number of machines that are used to prolong life.
(d) The distance we put between the dying and ourselves.

2. How do the young girl's siblings treat her?
(a) With distance and distaste.
(b) The same as they always have.
(c) With sensitivity and concern.
(d) With fear and love.

3. Why do we psychologically react more severely to death than the ancient man?
(a) We have not been taught the correct coping process.
(b) The life of ancient man was not pleasant, and death was an escape.
(c) We have many more means of defending ourselves.
(d) The ancient man had greater faith.

4. Who causes the nun to examine her faith?
(a) A Jewish man.
(b) Another nun.
(c) A Methodist pastor.
(d) A Catholic priest.

5. To what does the author compare the stage of acceptance?
(a) Numbing oneself to all outer pain.
(b) Readying oneself to rise again.
(c) Sleeping in a quiet tomb of peace.
(d) A child returning to the womb.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the doctors do who did attend Kubler-Ross's seminars?

2. Who are described by Kubler-Ross as the "most desperate of all'?

3. What are the two different forms of depression?

4. What is at the core of Kubler-Ross's studies on death and dying?

5. What does Kubler-Ross say usually helps a great deal in the depression stage of grief?

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