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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do we need to strengthen the most in ourselves, according to Kubler-Ross?
(a) Our physical strength.
(b) Our support systems.
(c) Our emotional stability.
(d) Our ability to tell the truth.

2. What does hope do for terminal patients, according to Kubler-Ross?
(a) Aggravates the doctors.
(b) Intimidates non-terminal patients.
(c) Nourishes the soul.
(d) Holds off acceptance.

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

4. 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 a negative and malicious thing that takes our loved ones away.
(c) As an ending and cessation.
(d) As the end of hope.

5. What does Kubler-Ross say denial is for most people?
(a) A motivation to continue finding other diagnoses.
(b) A way to separate one's self from reality.
(c) A defensive device that will speed up the process of death.
(d) A buffer that allows the patient to mobilize other, less radical defenses.

6. Why does Kubler-Ross think we put so much faith into machines?
(a) It helps us forget our pain.
(b) It gives us a false sense of hope.
(c) It distracts us from the truth.
(d) It helps us deny our mortality.

7. Why is Kubler-Ross so shocked at American's inability to accept death?
(a) Americans are so educated.
(b) People in Europe handle it much differently.
(c) Our culture has digressed in this area while advancing in many others.
(d) She did not expect it.

8. From whom does Kubler-Ross say we should never hide the truth of death?
(a) The patient.
(b) The loved ones.
(c) Anyone.
(d) Children.

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

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

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

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

13. Why do some terminal patients never reach the final stage of grief?
(a) Their families will not let them let go.
(b) They run out of time.
(c) They feel it is unnecessary.
(d) They fight their mortality to the death.

14. What point was reiterated in the story of Mr. and Mrs. W.?
(a) That over-stimulation is harmful to the acceptance process.
(b) That we should pay more attention to the patient's wishes than our own.
(c) That too much communication can be harmful.
(d) That closure is an important process in the dying process.

15. What is the third stage of grief?
(a) Bargaining.
(b) Denial.
(c) Anger.
(d) Acceptance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the medical's staff description of the patient in chapter VI so surprising to Kubler-Ross and her team?

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

3. What is at the core of Kubler-Ross's studies on death and dying?

4. How many family members has the patient in chapter VI seen die in a short amount of time?

5. What is the name of the terminal patient interviewed in chapter VI?

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