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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. Who causes the nun to examine her faith?

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

4. Why does Kubler-Ross feel that our inability to cope with death is such a selfish thing?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was so surprising to Kubler-Ross about America's general fear of death?

3. What are doctors primarily trained to do?

4. Why did some of the terminal patients ask for a second interview with Kubler-Ross and her team?

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

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

7. What is the fifth stage of grief?

8. What does Kubler-Ross think we rely on to help those with terminal illnesses?

9. What is the fourth stage of grief?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What lessons did Kubler-Ross learn from her patients, and how did these realizations change the way that she ran the rest of her interviews?

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

Describe each of the five stages of grieving and how each can aid a terminally ill patient in accepting his or her mortality.

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