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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is usually the real miracle for a terminal patient?
(a) Seeing how many people their lives have touched.
(b) Finding acceptance.
(c) Being grateful.
(d) Being healed.

2. 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 shed tears of gratitude.
(c) She wrote a letter to all of her children because she did not want them to see her.
(d) She went into a psychotic episode.

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

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

5. Who causes the nun to examine her faith?
(a) A Catholic priest.
(b) A Methodist pastor.
(c) Another nun.
(d) A Jewish man.

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

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

8. What is the name of the terminal patient interviewed in chapter VI?
(a) Dr. D.
(b) Mrs. H.
(c) Mr. H.
(d) Mr. D.

9. What is the most effective way to help a depressed patient, according to Kubler-Ross?
(a) Describe the family doing well without them.
(b) Speak extensively of religious beliefs.
(c) Allow time for contemplative silence.
(d) Visit often for long lengths of time.

10. To what other psychological ailment is denial related?
(a) Shock.
(b) Hope.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Fear.

11. What terminal disease does the nun in chapter IV have?
(a) ALS.
(b) Hodgkin's disease.
(c) Lung cancer.
(d) Parkinson's disease.

12. What tends to be of great relief to terminal patients?
(a) Hope.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Diligence.
(d) Love.

13. The author says, "We should speak as openly about death as we do about... " what?
(a) The expectation of a new baby.
(b) What we did at work that day.
(c) The beauties of nature.
(d) Our emotions in other areas.

14. What does Kubler-Ross say that most American doctors are afraid to do?
(a) Lose a patient on their watch.
(b) Admit to a patient that he or she will die.
(c) Tell family members that a loved one is dying.
(d) Accept that they, themselves, could die from an illness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most common reaction to learning of a terminal illness?

2. What is usually the best way to help angry patients push past their feelings of anger?

3. Why do some terminal patients never reach the final stage of grief?

4. What does Kubler-Ross say will help us examine our own reactions and behaviors?

5. What are the two different forms of depression?

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