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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. For what did the dentist have hope?
(a) A chance to write his story.
(b) To die with his family close by.
(c) A reconciliation with his siblings.
(d) A cure.

2. About what is the patient in chapter VI most depressed?
(a) His wife does not respect him.
(b) He does not want to die.
(c) He has lost so many family members to death.
(d) He does not believe in the afterlife.

3. What does Kubler-Ross state is the key for peace in most terminal patients and their families?
(a) Hope for a cure.
(b) Faith in a religious figure.
(c) Speaking with competent doctors.
(d) Strengthening familiy ties.

4. What is the first stage of the grieving process?
(a) Anger.
(b) Hope.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Denial.

5. What did Mr. J. end up teaching Kubler-Ross?
(a) Anonymous interviews are sometimes exactly what certain people need.
(b) Acceptance will manifest itself in many different ways for different patients.
(c) Not all terminal patients will follow the same path to acceptance.
(d) The sessions with terminal patients should not be viewed as teaching sessions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Kubler-Ross think bargaining is a sign?

2. What usually accompanies depression in the terminally ill patient?

3. To whom was the patient in chapter VI not communicating his true feelings?

4. To what does the author compare the stage of acceptance?

5. What is the biggest relief to an angry patient?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the third stage of grief?

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

3. About what do most terminal patients become depressed?

4. What is the name of the patient in chapter VI?

5. From what was the Catholic nun suffering?

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

7. What is the single most common thing that terminal patients become angry about?

8. What are doctors primarily trained to do?

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

10. Why does Kubler-Ross give all of the terminal patients in this book aliases?

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