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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where had Mr. Y come?
(a) Across town.
(b) England.
(c) His farm in the country.
(d) Canada.

2. Why does Kubler-Ross think we put so much faith into machines?
(a) It helps us forget our pain.
(b) It distracts us from the truth.
(c) It helps us deny our mortality.
(d) It gives us a false sense of hope.

3. What does the courageous female patient teach Kubler-Ross?
(a) That the depression stage can be skipped altogether.
(b) That denial can be useful and healthy.
(c) That service is an antidote to depression.
(d) That every person has an individual approach to acceptance.

4. About whom is the courageous female patient in chapter X worried?
(a) Herself.
(b) Her family.
(c) The woman in the bed next to her.
(d) The doctors.

5. How was the patient in chapter VI described by the medical staff?
(a) Condescending.
(b) Uncommunicative.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what did the dentist have hope?

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

3. To what does Kubler-Ross wish we could return?

4. What does Mr. J. say that every terminally ill patient has?

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

(see the answer key)

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