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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 did the daughter of the patient in chapter IX do that brought her mother much comfort after she had quit her job?

2. What does the courageous female patient teach Kubler-Ross?

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

4. What did Cicely Saunders do before she became an author?

5. How did some of the inattentive nurses respond to Kubler-Ross's seminars?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Mr. Y.'s biggest complaint while his wife was sick?

3. What did the seminars give terminal patients an excuse to do?

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

5. About what is the mother of the small girl frustrated with her doctors?

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

7. For whom does the courageous female patient feel sorry?

8. When is the mother of the small girl treated poorly by the medical staff?

9. What does death seem like to a five-year-old child?

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

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.?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Mr. Y.'s situation as well as the reasoning he was given for being placed in that situation. How did this affect his wife's and his acceptance process?

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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