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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To what does Kubler-Ross wish we could return?
(a) A time when technology was simpler and religion was richer.
(b) A time when mourning was natural and cathartic rather than causing deep anger.
(c) A time when death was not feared.
(d) A time when Americans were more like Europeans.

3. Why should we never give up on terminal patients?
(a) They need our strength.
(b) It is often offensive.
(c) There is never reason to give up hope.
(d) We do not want them to give up on themselves.

4. How many times was the nun admitted to the hospital?
(a) 11.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 5.

5. To what does the author compare the stage of acceptance?
(a) Numbing oneself to all outer pain.
(b) Sleeping in a quiet tomb of peace.
(c) Readying oneself to rise again.
(d) A child returning to the womb.

6. How did Mrs. W.'s husband see her acceptance of death?
(a) A beautiful process.
(b) A symptom of her disease.
(c) Detachment and rejection.
(d) A reason to hope for recovery.

7. What did Mr. W. arrange for his wife when she reached the stage of acceptance?
(a) A lawyer to make out her will.
(b) An additional surgery.
(c) A chance to speak with Dr. Kubler-Ross.
(d) A final meeting with her children and grandchildren.

8. What was so different about the dentist's stage of acceptance?
(a) He had a false sense of acceptance.
(b) He had skipped from denial all the way to acceptance.
(c) He had truly accepted the idea of dying, yet he still had hope.
(d) He had reached acceptance while his family was stuck in the stage of depression.

9. How did Mrs. W. respond to what her husband arranged for her when she had reached the stage of acceptance?
(a) She refused to speak openly with anyone she did not know.
(b) She wrote a letter to all of her children because she did not want them to see her.
(c) She shed tears of gratitude.
(d) She went into a psychotic episode.

10. What is the first stage of the grieving process?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Anger.
(c) Denial.
(d) Hope.

11. What ironic example of our deluded ideas towards death does Dr, Kubler-Ross give in chapter II?
(a) We find it unfathomable for someone to survive a horrific car accident, only to come home and be killed by a silly disease.
(b) We find it unfathomable for someone to go to war and survive on the front lines, only to come home and be killed in a car accident.
(c) We understand when others we do not know die but refuse to accept that anyone in our circle could possibly pass away.
(d) We can hear stories of accidental deaths and murders every day, but we never expect that to happen to us.

12. What does Kubler-Ross state that most terminal patients hope to be?
(a) A role model of strength.
(b) A beacon of hope to others.
(c) An exception to the norm.
(d) Their doctor's favorite patient.

13. What does Kubler-Ross think doctors should do for terminal patients?
(a) Provide moral and spiritual support.
(b) Ease the passing.
(c) Prolong life.
(d) Relieve suffering.

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

15. As what did Mr. J. refer to his small happy moments?
(a) Happinesses.
(b) Bits and pieces.
(c) Miracles.
(d) Bonuses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who causes the nun to examine her faith?

2. What is the fifth stage of grief?

3. What has taken away a great deal of comfort for those struggling with a terminal illness, according to Kubler-Ross?

4. In chapter VI, what did the patient's wife do that helped him overcome his depression?

5. What does Kubler-Ross say denial is for most people?

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