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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 is the major discrepancy that exists in almost every case of terminal illness?

2. What kind of terminal patient gets less attention and visits, even from the hospital staff?

3. About what was Mr. J. angry?

4. What does Kubler-Ross think doctors should do for terminal patients?

5. What is the first stage of the grieving process?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the second stage of grief?

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

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

5. Who helped the nun remember her religious strength?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Mr. E. was particularly frustrated about one effect of his illness. What was this frustration, and how did this affect his grieving process? What are some things that Kubler-Ross advised him to do about this, and what effect did this advice have on Mr. E.?

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