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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kubler-Ross say usually helps a great deal in the depression stage of grief?
(a) Expressing their feelings.
(b) Arranging all the logistical details.
(c) Some time away from the hospital.
(d) Time and space.

2. About what is the patient in chapter VI most depressed?
(a) His wife does not respect him.
(b) He does not want to die.
(c) He has lost so many family members to death.
(d) He does not believe in the afterlife.

3. Why do most patients enter the third stage of grief?
(a) They are afraid to let go of their anger.
(b) They want to believe there is a way to be released from their situation.
(c) They want more control of their circumstances.
(d) They are attempting to postpone the inevitable.

4. What is the fastest way to strip terminal patients of their dignity?
(a) To not allow their family to visit.
(b) To make them beg for what they need.
(c) To continually talk about death.
(d) To treat them as unimportant.

5. What are the two different forms of depression?
(a) Reactive and preparatory.
(b) Active and passive.
(c) Theological and reactive.
(d) Moral and theoretical.

6. In chapter VI, what did the patient's wife do that helped him overcome his depression?
(a) She spoke to him about heaven and all the loved ones who would be waiting for him.
(b) She showed him how she would be able to move on.
(c) She pointed out his admirable traits.
(d) She arranged all of their logistical details.

7. Why did some patients ask Kubler-Ross and her team for a second interview?
(a) They had other people with whom they wanted Kubler-Ross to speak.
(b) They liked being able to talk to someone.
(c) They wanted to express their true feelings.
(d) They wanted to give them money.

8. What is the fifth stage of grief?
(a) Anger.
(b) Bargaining.
(c) Depression.
(d) Acceptance.

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

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

11. What are doctors primarily trained to do for terminal patients?
(a) Relieve suffering.
(b) Provide moral and spiritual support.
(c) Ease the passing.
(d) Prolong life.

12. What does Dr. Kubler-Ross blame for the increased fear of death and dying?
(a) Loss of religion.
(b) Poor communication.
(c) Modern technology.
(d) Misplaced priorities.

13. What did Mr. J. end up teaching Kubler-Ross?
(a) Acceptance will manifest itself in many different ways for different patients.
(b) Anonymous interviews are sometimes exactly what certain people need.
(c) The sessions with terminal patients should not be viewed as teaching sessions.
(d) Not all terminal patients will follow the same path to acceptance.

14. What is different about doctors who express hope to their terminal patients?
(a) They are too caught up in the emotions of their patient.
(b) They are making promises they cannot keep.
(c) They are more readily trusted.
(d) They are seen as unscientific.

15. What usually accompanies depression in the terminally ill patient?
(a) Shame and guilt.
(b) The beginning of acceptance.
(c) Relief.
(d) Despair and sadness.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what other psychological ailment is denial related?

2. What is the most effective way to help a depressed patient, according to Kubler-Ross?

3. To whom was the patient in chapter VI not communicating his true feelings?

4. When should a doctor discuss death with a terminal patient?

5. What does Kubler-Ross say is more important than fluids and pain medication for one who is dying?

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