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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 was an UNEXPECTED benefit of Kubler-Ross' seminars for the patients who attended?
2. What is sometimes the only thing that will allow a family member to let go of his or her terminally-ill loved ones?
3. What sustains the young girl in chapter X through her illness?
4. What hard task do family members of terminally ill patients need to do as the final sign of acceptance?
5. What is the term given to doctor's non-physical treatment of their patients?
Short Essay Questions
1. For whom does the courageous female patient feel sorry?
2. At what age do children begin to be able to understand the biological qualities of death?
3. When is the mother of the small girl treated poorly by the medical staff?
4. What did the seminars give terminal patients an excuse to do?
5. What terminal illness did Mrs. S. have?
6. What does Kubler-Ross call the quiet state that one enters before death?
7. What is the name of the last patient interviewed in the book?
8. How did the nursing staff treat the terminal ward of the hospital before Kubler-Ross's seminars?
9. Why did the nursing staff treat the terminal ward the way that they did before Kubler-Ross's seminars?
10. How does the hospital staff initially respond to Kubler-Ross's seminars?
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 were the differences that Kubler-Ross observed between the way Europeans and Americans view death and dying, and how has this affected our coping strategies? Using the text, cite some specific examples of these differences in the patients interviewed in the book.
Essay Topic 3
What does Kubler-Ross blame for our increased denial of terminal illness, and what are some examples of this phenomenon?
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