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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kubler-Ross say we should pay the closest attention to about a terminal patient?

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

3. How many family members has the patient in chapter VI seen die in a short amount of time?

4. How was the patient in chapter VI described by the medical staff?

5. What does Kubler-Ross say that most American doctors are afraid to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do we risk happening if we give up on a terminal patient?

2. From what is the dentist suffering?

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

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

5. From what was the Catholic nun suffering?

6. Why did the patient in chapter III become so unruly for the medical staff?

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

8. What negative effect can sometimes come from encouraging a terminally ill patient?

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

10. What kind of students make up Kubler-Ross's team?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mrs. S. was a dynamic woman who had faced many different trials in her life. What were these trials, and how did they affect her ability to grieve properly?

Essay Topic 2

What does Kubler-Ross blame for our increased denial of terminal illness, and what are some examples of this phenomenon?

Essay Topic 3

What was the format of Kubler-Ross's seminars, and what was she hoping to accomplish by holding them? Did she accomplish her goal? Why or why not? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

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