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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) Mr. D.
(b) Dr. D.
(c) Mr. H.
(d) Mrs. H.

2. What is the major discrepancy that exists in almost every case of terminal illness?
(a) What the patient wants and what the family wants.
(b) What the patient wants and what the doctor is willing to do.
(c) What the patient wants and what the doctors want.
(d) What the family wants and what the doctors want.

3. What are terminal patients usually upset about when they reach the fourth stage of grief?
(a) Being abandoned by God.
(b) Their unresolved issues.
(c) The realization of loss.
(d) Abandoning their family.

4. Why was Mrs. W. unable to reach the stage of acceptance when she was ready?
(a) Her children were too upset.
(b) She felt guilty.
(c) Her husband would not let her.
(d) She died suddenly.

5. Why does Kubler-Ross feel that our inability to cope with death is such a selfish thing?
(a) We feel that we are validated in treating others poorly because of our grief.
(b) We do not give enough to charities who are researching terminal illnesses.
(c) We do not focus enough on the needs of the dying patient.
(d) We do not treat the hospital workers kindly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the courageous female patient using her denial stage, according to Kubler-Ross?

2. What is the name of the terminally ill patient in the last chapter?

3. What do most clergymen use as a way to comfort the terminally ill?

4. What kind of terminal patient gets less attention and visits, even from the hospital staff?

5. About what is the patient in chapter VI most depressed?

(see the answer key)

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