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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what was Mr. J. angry?
(a) The slow process of his death.
(b) His family's lack of support.
(c) The lack of a cure for his illness.
(d) Living a good life and being rewarded with a terminal illness.

2. What does Kubler-Ross say that we are really denying when we refuse to accept a terminal illness in someone we love?
(a) That the bonds of love will last.
(b) Our own mortality.
(c) Our fear and longing.
(d) The hope of an after-life.

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

4. 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) Spending time with the elderly.
(c) Walking the halls of a hospital.
(d) Reading about the grief process.

5. What negative effect can come from encouraging a terminal patient?
(a) Makes him or her feel guilty for not being able to endure.
(b) Disrupts the process of preparing for death.
(c) Depresses him or her.
(d) Creates despair and hopelessness.

6. What do some terminal patients never psychologically do before they die?
(a) Accept the reality of their upcoming death.
(b) Make amends with their family members.
(c) Find peace in their souls.
(d) Arrange their worldy things.

7. What is the fourth stage of grief?
(a) Depression.
(b) Bargaining.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Denial.

8. 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 pointed out his admirable traits.
(c) She showed him how she would be able to move on.
(d) She spoke to him about heaven and all the loved ones who would be waiting for him.

9. 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 feel that we are validated in treating others poorly because of our grief.
(d) We do not give enough to charities who are researching terminal illnesses.

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

11. What does the fourth stage of grief replace in the terminal patient?
(a) Anger.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Denial.
(d) Hope.

12. How many family members has the patient in chapter VI seen die in a short amount of time?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

13. What are terminal patients usually upset about when they reach the fourth stage of grief?
(a) Being abandoned by God.
(b) Their unresolved issues.
(c) Abandoning their family.
(d) The realization of loss.

14. What has Kubler-Ross and her team done for years that provides comfort for terminal patients?
(a) Donate money to a charity for research on terminal illnesses.
(b) Hold seminars for family members of deceased patients.
(c) Instruct doctors and nurses in the proper ways to care for terminal patients.
(d) Allow patients to speak and be careful listeners.

15. What do most people do to cheer terminal patients that often makes the depression worse?
(a) Speak extensively of religious beliefs.
(b) Allow time for contemplative silence.
(c) Visit often for long lengths of time.
(d) Describe the family doing well without them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Kubler-Ross think bargaining is a sign?

2. Who are described by Kubler-Ross as the "most desperate of all'?

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

4. Why was Mrs. W. unable to reach the stage of acceptance when she was ready?

5. What does Kubler-Ross say we should pay the closest attention to about a terminal patient?

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