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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the doctors do who did attend Kubler-Ross's seminars?
(a) They contributed and learned a lot.
(b) They felt they had been neglectful of this area.
(c) They were enthusiastic to learn more.
(d) They felt that they had been talked down to.

2. Who does Kubler-Ross suggest should be present when a terminal patient passes on?
(a) A therapist.
(b) The doctor.
(c) A family member.
(d) No one.

3. When does the courageous female patient say she will think about her death?
(a) When she sees her logistical details taken care of.
(b) When she feels it is time to die.
(c) When she knows her family is taken care of.
(d) When the doctors tell her there is nothing more they can do.

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

5. 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 motivation for happiness.
(d) With more unequivocated love.

6. 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. R.
(c) Mr. O.
(d) Mr. P.

7. How old is the girl whose parents informed her of her disease instead of the doctor?
(a) 20.
(b) 13.
(c) 17.
(d) 10.

8. What does Kubler-Ross want the patients to lose their fear of saying?
(a) Heaven and hell.
(b) Death and hope.
(c) Death and cancer.
(d) Death and fear.

9. How did some of the inattentive nurses respond to Kubler-Ross's seminars?
(a) They were offended at having their actions judged.
(b) They worked together to write a new manual specifically for nurses.
(c) They became strong advocates of her work and now teach her seminars.
(d) They were motivated to report the doctors who had been so callous.

10. Why is the mother of the very small girl unhappy with the doctors who are treating her?
(a) They are not giving her updates on her condition.
(b) They are very condescending.
(c) They seem to be too hopeful about a disease with a high mortality rate.
(d) They are not very attentive to her or her daughter.

11. What did the daughter of a patient in chapter IX do when her mother became ill?
(a) She read all the books she could find on the illness.
(b) She fought with the nurses to treat her mother better.
(c) She quit her job and stayed with her mother constantly.
(d) She moved to a different town and refused to speak to her mother.

12. What do most clergymen use as a way to comfort the terminally ill?
(a) Priesthood.
(b) Letters.
(c) Hymns.
(d) Scripture.

13. How does the young girl in chapter X view death?
(a) A progression.
(b) A reunion.
(c) A rest.
(d) A twinkling.

14. Why did some of the nurses avoid tending to patients who were terminally ill?
(a) They did not want a patient to die while they were in the room.
(b) They felt their time was wasted on people who were dying.
(c) They were afraid of getting sick.
(d) They did not like to be dragged down by depressed patients.

15. What does the author see some patients doing before she has a chance to invite them to her seminars?
(a) Holding informal groups of their own.
(b) Trying to analyze each other's fears.
(c) Wasting away in despair.
(d) Speaking together of topics unrelated to death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the patient in the last chapter so angry with his wife?

2. How is the courageous female patient using her denial stage, according to Kubler-Ross?

3. What was the biggest change that Kubler-Ross noticed when she had finished her seminars?

4. Who shows resistance to Kubler-Ross's seminars on death when she first starts?

5. Of what is non-communication from the family an indication?

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