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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Cicely Saunders do before she became an author?
(a) She was a therapist.
(b) She was a doctor.
(c) She was a nurse.
(d) She was a lawyer.

2. What was an UNEXPECTED benefit of Kubler-Ross' seminars for the patients who attended?
(a) They heard the words of their family members.
(b) They realized their petty fears.
(c) They faced their mortality.
(d) They had a reason to get out of bed.

3. What is different about the people who are receptive to Kubler-Ross's seminars when she first starts having them?
(a) They are all therapists.
(b) They are all older.
(c) They are all European.
(d) They have all lost more than one close friend.

4. What is a comfort to female terminal patients that is sometimes an aggravation to male patients?
(a) Seeing the logistical details taken care of.
(b) Having a constant stream of visitors.
(c) Being encouraged to hold on.
(d) Seeing their families continue and progress without them.

5. What is the name of the man in chapter IX who was unable to let his wife die and was keeping her from reaching the stage of acceptance?
(a) Mr. M.
(b) Mr. O.
(c) Mr. R.
(d) Mr. P.

6. What does Kubler-Ross say is important for children who have lost loved ones to do?
(a) Talk about their feelings and fears.
(b) Be embraced by loving arms.
(c) Keep silent about their fears.
(d) Have the process of death explained to them.

7. What does Kubler-Ross say a therapist will see while witnessing the passing of many terminal patients?
(a) The quiet strength of the human soul.
(b) The uniqueness of each person's life.
(c) The lack of fear that can accompany death.
(d) The awful loneliness that is left when a person dies.

8. What does Cicely Saunders think is the most important thing for doctors to do with their terminally ill patients?
(a) Allow unlimited visits from family.
(b) Give them time to be outdoors before their death.
(c) Let them express their feelings about death.
(d) Let them bring in objects from home.

9. How did the patient in the last chapter describe how he was able to face his death after he changed his behavior?
(a) With more equanimity.
(b) With more peace.
(c) With more unequivocated love.
(d) With more motivation for happiness.

10. Who spoke to the daughter in chapter IX about what her mother needed from her?
(a) The nurses.
(b) Kubler-Ross and her team.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

11. What helped Mrs. S. tremendously with her situation?
(a) Making amends with her ex-husband.
(b) Discussing her illness.
(c) Talking about her past.
(d) Finding good homes for her sons.

12. How old was Mrs. S. when she was interviewed?
(a) 55.
(b) 49.
(c) 29.
(d) 33.

13. What is the patient in the last chapter suffering from the most?
(a) A loss of courage.
(b) A loss of identity.
(c) A loss of control.
(d) A loss of wealth.

14. How long was Mr. Y. allowed to see his wife every day?
(a) Fifty minutes.
(b) Five minutes.
(c) Five hours.
(d) Not at all.

15. What did Kubler-Ross' seminar end up being for many of the students in attendance?
(a) A way to spread their message.
(b) A group therapy session.
(c) A self-fulfilling prophecy.
(d) A way to forget their past.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the doctors do who did attend Kubler-Ross's seminars?

2. From what was Mrs. S. suffering?

3. What hard task do family members of terminally ill patients need to do as the final sign of acceptance?

4. What do most clergymen use as a way to comfort the terminally ill?

5. What does Kubler-Ross tell the clergy that their tools for helping the terminally ill really are?

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