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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 a comfort to female terminal patients that is sometimes an aggravation to male patients?

2. Why did some of the nurses avoid tending to patients who were terminally ill?

3. Where does the patient in the last chapter transfer the anger he has towards his wife?

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

5. What was one woman in chapter IX afraid of before she died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What terminal illness did Mrs. S. have?

2. To whom is chapter IX addressed?

3. What does Kubler-Ross emphasize as the most important thing for terminal patients to do?

4. What helped sustain the seventeen-year-old girl during her terminal illness?

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

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

7. How did the nursing staff treat the terminal ward of the hospital before Kubler-Ross's seminars?

8. Who told the seventeen-year-old girl about the severity of her condition?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare/contrast the types of people who have a hard time reaching acceptance and those who get there much faster. What sorts of things determine the rate at which a patient will reach acceptance? Please provide examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What did Mr. W. try to do for his wife, and what inner problem did this action indicate? Do you think this problem was ever resolved? Why or why not? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

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