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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do we need to strengthen the most in ourselves, according to Kubler-Ross?
(a) Our support systems.
(b) Our physical strength.
(c) Our ability to tell the truth.
(d) Our emotional stability.

2. What has taken away a great deal of comfort for those struggling with a terminal illness, according to Kubler-Ross?
(a) The selfishness of the general public.
(b) The unkept promises of doctors.
(c) The strict visitation rules at hospitals.
(d) The decline of religion.

3. Who finally recognized and diagnosed the nun's disease?
(a) Her psychiatrist.
(b) She did, after reading about it.
(c) A patient with the same disease.
(d) Another nurse in the hospital she at which she worked.

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

5. What is not necessary to do when a patient is unable to accept reality?
(a) Letting him or her remain in denial.
(b) Moving on with the necessary items.
(c) Talking about the terminal nature of his or her disease.
(d) Working to prolong his or her life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing that Kubler-Ross does NOT say terminal patients get angry about?

2. What does Mr. J. say that every terminally ill patient has?

3. What are the two different forms of depression?

4. What usually follows denial in the grieving process?

5. What are terminal patients usually upset about when they reach the fourth stage of grief?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the second stage of grief?

2. What are the two kinds of depression that terminal patients can experience?

3. What does Kubler-Ross say should be the first concern of doctors?

4. What does Kubler-Ross say we should use to treat patients with terminal illnesses?

5. What does the dentist have hope for up until the day he dies?

6. Why does the wife of the patient in chapter VI resent her husband?

7. How does Kubler-Ross counsel family members to respond to their terminally ill loved ones who are in denial?

8. What does the hospice team help the wife of the patient in chapter VI to do?

9. What is the fifth stage of grief?

10. About what do most terminal patients become depressed?

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