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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kubler-Ross say Americans view death?
(a) As a reason to pull away from people we love in order to avoid pain.
(b) As the end of hope.
(c) As a negative and malicious thing that takes our loved ones away.
(d) As an ending and cessation.

2. Of what does Kubler-Ross think bargaining is a sign?
(a) Irrational fear.
(b) Future suicidal tendencies.
(c) Past abuse.
(d) Unresolved guilt.

3. What does Kubler-Ross tell the clergy that their tools for helping the terminally ill really are?
(a) A way to earn the trust of the patient and undermine the doctors.
(b) A way to appear wiser than their medical doctors.
(c) A way to keep the patient from entering the stage of acceptance.
(d) A way to hide the real truth from themselves and the patients.

4. Who takes the quiet state of terminal patients the hardest?
(a) Those faced with the separation.
(b) The medical staff.
(c) The patient.
(d) The spouse and immediate family of the patient.

5. What do the family of terminally ill patients need to do after the funeral is over and the friends have all left?
(a) Move on as fast as possible.
(b) Talk about their feelings.
(c) Get some rest.
(d) Write about their experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does hope do for terminal patients, according to Kubler-Ross?

2. Who does Kubler-Ross suggest should be present when a terminal patient passes on?

3. When does the mother of the very small girl say she is treated poorly?

4. What has caused us to fear a violent and catastrophic death, according to Kubler-Ross?

5. What does Kubler-Ross say we should pay the closest attention to about a terminal patient?

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