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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When should a doctor discuss death with a terminal patient?
(a) When family is present to offer support.
(b) When there is a definite timespan.
(c) Long before it arrives.
(d) When there is no other option.

2. What is the most effective way to help a depressed patient, according to Kubler-Ross?
(a) Describe the family doing well without them.
(b) Visit often for long lengths of time.
(c) Speak extensively of religious beliefs.
(d) Allow time for contemplative silence.

3. What sustains the young girl in chapter X through her illness?
(a) Her faith that her fate is in God's hands.
(b) Her very experienced doctors.
(c) Her amazingly supportive parents.
(d) Her chance to discuss her illness with a therapist.

4. How is the courageous female patient using her denial stage, according to Kubler-Ross?
(a) As a convenience until it is time to die.
(b) As a way to make her doctor's jobs easier.
(c) As a way to forget about death altogether.
(d) As a platform to serve.

5. What is the biggest relief to an angry patient?
(a) Suppressing his or her feelings until they go away.
(b) Being separated from people for a time.
(c) Expressing his or her anger.
(d) Writing his or her feelings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are doctors primarily trained to do for terminal patients?

2. What are terminal patients usually upset about when they reach the fourth stage of grief?

3. From what is the patient in chapter VI dying?

4. Who shows resistance to Kubler-Ross's seminars on death when she first starts?

5. Why do some terminal patients never reach the final stage of grief?

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