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

2. What did her experience with Mr. Y. teach Kubler-Ross?
(a) Hospitals should not have such strict regulations on visiting hours.
(b) Love can heal many physical wounds.
(c) There are some people who will never let go of a loved one who is dying.
(d) There should be a support system for family members of terminal patients.

3. What are the two characteristics that Kubler-Ross notes of a peaceful passing?
(a) Joyful and peaceful.
(b) Unresistant and sweet.
(c) Quiet and calm.
(d) Neither frightening nor painful.

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

5. What does the courageous female patient teach Kubler-Ross?
(a) That service is an antidote to depression.
(b) That every person has an individual approach to acceptance.
(c) That the depression stage can be skipped altogether.
(d) That denial can be useful and healthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do children at age three view death?

2. What comforted the woman who was afraid in chapter IX?

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

4. What is a child's main fear after age three?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the hospital staff initially respond to Kubler-Ross's seminars?

2. How does Kubler-Ross say death can be for the patient who is ready to meet it?

3. What is the name of the last patient interviewed in the book?

4. Why did the nursing staff treat the terminal ward the way that they did before Kubler-Ross's seminars?

5. To whom is chapter IX addressed?

6. What was the occupation of Mr. Y.?

7. At what age do children begin to be able to understand the biological qualities of death?

8. About what is the mother of the small girl frustrated with her doctors?

9. What are some of the losses that Mrs. S. suffered before getting her terminal illness?

10. What did Kubler-Ross and her team do to try and help Mr. Y.?

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