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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the terminal patient interviewed in chapter VI?
(a) Dr. D.
(b) Mr. H.
(c) Mr. D.
(d) Mrs. H.

2. At what age are children able to start understanding the biological process of death?
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

3. Of what is a quiet state of a terminal patient an indication?
(a) Death is very near.
(b) He or she is paralyzed with fear.
(c) Acceptance of mortality.
(d) He or she is withdrawing into himself or herself and needs to be prodded to action.

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

5. What point was reiterated in the story of Mr. and Mrs. W.?
(a) That closure is an important process in the dying process.
(b) That we should pay more attention to the patient's wishes than our own.
(c) That over-stimulation is harmful to the acceptance process.
(d) That too much communication can be harmful.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do children at age five view death?

2. What is sometimes the only thing that will allow a family member to let go of his or her terminally-ill loved ones?

3. The author says, "We should speak as openly about death as we do about... " what?

4. What is the fourth stage of grief?

5. What was the biggest change that Kubler-Ross noticed when she had finished her seminars?

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