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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Getting to Where You Want to Be, Chapter 10, Developing a Spiritual Connection.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What method does Schwartz use to express his feelings about the progress of his disease?
(a) He asks friends and family to write down his thoughts.
(b) He video tapes himself.
(c) His friends keep a journal for Morrie.
(d) He writes the feelings down or talks into a tape recorder.

2. Schwartz explains that many of us are too hard on ourselves for our _____.
(a) Loved-ones.
(b) Prognosis.
(c) Failures.
(d) Past.

3. Schwartz explains that a person must be one's own _____.
(a) Caregiver.
(b) Mother.
(c) Father.
(d) Friend.

4. Schwartz warns his readers that illness can have what effect on someone's life?
(a) The illness can be all your friends and family think about.
(b) Your life can become worthless.
(c) The illness can swallow up your life.
(d) The illness can be forgotten.

5. According to Schwartz, how does our society feel about death?
(a) Horrified.
(b) Accepting.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Schwartz, one in declining health must accept that they will never again be physically ______.

2. After his diagnosis, Schwartz began writing _____.

3. According to Schwartz, what should one in declining health not do?

4. How long was Schwartz a professor?

5. What is the second vital step that Schwartz describes in Chapter 1?

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