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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Over what had the patient in chapter VI been repressing grief?
(a) The death of his parents.
(b) His strained relationship with his parents.
(c) His strained relationship with his wife.
(d) The death of his daughter.

3. Who finally recognized and diagnosed the nun's disease?
(a) Another nurse in the hospital she at which she worked.
(b) Her psychiatrist.
(c) A patient with the same disease.
(d) She did, after reading about it.

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

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

6. From what is the patient in chapter VI dying?
(a) Cancer.
(b) ALS.
(c) Hodgkin's.
(d) Parkinson's.

7. How was the patient in chapter VI described by the medical staff?
(a) Uncommunicative.
(b) Angry.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Condescending.

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

9. What does Kubler-Ross say will help us examine our own reactions and behaviors?
(a) Speaking with other people who have deceased family members.
(b) Reading about the grief process.
(c) Spending time with the elderly.
(d) Walking the halls of a hospital.

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

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

12. Why was the medical's staff description of the patient in chapter VI so surprising to Kubler-Ross and her team?
(a) He spoke at length about his feelings.
(b) He was very respectful and helpful.
(c) He seemed very sweet and accommodating.
(d) He had many visitors around the clock.

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

14. What has taken away a great deal of comfort for those struggling with a terminal illness, according to Kubler-Ross?
(a) The decline of religion.
(b) The strict visitation rules at hospitals.
(c) The unkept promises of doctors.
(d) The selfishness of the general public.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do most patients enter the third stage of grief?

2. What is not necessary to do when a patient is unable to accept reality?

3. The author says, "We should speak as openly about death as we do about... " what?

4. With what concept is a patient in denial usually really trying to deal?

5. What ironic example of our deluded ideas towards death does Dr, Kubler-Ross give in chapter II?

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