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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was it so hard on Mr. Y. to be restricted in his visits to his wife?
(a) He and his wife had been very close.
(b) He was afraid she would die without him.
(c) He did not trust the doctors.
(d) He had nowhere to go for the rest of the day.

2. What does Kubler Ross say every terminal patient has, no matter how close to acceptance they may be?
(a) A belief in heaven.
(b) A feeling of peace.
(c) A will to die.
(d) Unfinished business.

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

4. 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.

5. What is "the silence that goes beyond words"?
(a) The last flickering of the flame of life.
(b) A peaceful transition from life.
(c) The stillness of a heart no longer beating.
(d) The sound of eyes closing for the last time.

6. What bolsters the young girl's family and allows them to be positive?
(a) Their state of denial.
(b) Their acceptance.
(c) Their strong religious beliefs.
(d) Their peace at seeing her so calm about the whole thing.

7. What is a child's main fear before age three?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Death.
(c) Pain.
(d) Separation.

8. What hard task do family members of terminally ill patients need to do as the final sign of acceptance?
(a) Allow their loved one to speak freely of death.
(b) Allow their loved one to need their constant presence.
(c) Allow their loved one to withdraw from them.
(d) Allow their loved one the freedom of silence.

9. What does the author Cicely Saunders say about terminally ill patients?
(a) They are all more emotionally healthy than most of their families.
(b) They all keep hope until the end that they will be cured.
(c) They are content to die until someone tells them they should fight it.
(d) They all know they are going to die, even before they are told.

10. What does the courageous female patient equate with death?
(a) Lying.
(b) Idleness.
(c) Losing hope.
(d) Complaining.

11. For whom does Mrs. S. live her life?
(a) Her two sons.
(b) Her beloved parents.
(c) Her sisters.
(d) Her sickly spouse.

12. What is the one complaint that the young girl's mother has?
(a) The hospital staff was inattentive.
(b) She could not take her daughter home to die.
(c) Her daughter is so young.
(d) The price of care was exorbitant.

13. Why does Kubler-Ross feel that a certain person would be most beneficial to the terminal patient at the time of passing?
(a) A soul can rest in peace when there is no one left to ask them to hold on.
(b) The doctor will know how to best ease the passing of the patient.
(c) Having family closer can provide comfort in death for the patient.
(d) A therapist can alleviate the guilt for a loved one who does not feel comfortable being there.

14. Of what is non-communication from the family an indication?
(a) The family's denial.
(b) The family's anger.
(c) The family's rejection.
(d) The family's guilty feelings.

15. What comforted the woman who was afraid in chapter IX?
(a) A picture album made by her family.
(b) A priest who held a confessional with her.
(c) A good lengthy talk about heaven.
(d) Cremation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author see some patients doing before she has a chance to invite them to her seminars?

2. When does the mother of the very small girl say she is treated poorly?

3. Who takes the quiet state of terminal patients the hardest?

4. Why was the one doctor so hostile towards Kubler-Ross and her seminars?

5. What did Kubler-Ross' seminar end up being for many of the students in attendance?

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