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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 action should people always take when they are diagnosed with a debilitating disease?
2. In order to develop new relationships, one must be __________.
3. Schwartz explains that there will be someone around to help how many hours of the day?
4. In Chapter 10, Schwartz discusses that it is important for the sufferer to develop a connection with whom?
5. In Chapter 8, Schwartz explains that one in declining health should find a way to maintain ______.
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 10, Morrie discusses the importance of spiritual connection. Explain Morrie's view on the importance of a spiritual connection and why one who is experiencing declining health needs this connection.
2. At the end of Chapter 6, Morrie explains how he became well-known. Explain the process which leads to Morrie being in the public eye.
3. In Chapter 6, Morrie explains the importance of not becoming useless. Explain why not becoming useless is so important.
4. In Chapter 8, Morrie discusses Martin Buber. Who is Buber, and what significance does he have to Morrie?
5. In Chapter 9, Morrie explains the importance of "emotional space." What is emotional space, and why is it important to one experiencing declining health?
6. In Chapter 10, Morrie describes his past religious experiences. What was Morrie's childhood religion? What worldwide event changed his religious views?
7. In Chapter 6, the reader learns how Morrie started writing. Discuss what Morrie wrote and why he started writing.
8. In Chapter 8, Morrie discusses the importance of relating to one's self. Explain Morrie's thoughts on relating to one's self.
9. In Chapter 10, Morrie encourages his reader to discover what is divine. What event made Morrie find what he thought was divine? How did his views on life change?
10. In Chapter 9, Morrie stresses the importance of detachment from the disease. Explain why this detachment is so important to Morrie. What personally helps Morrie form this sense of detachment?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Morrie often refers to different methods that he personally uses to keep calm in stressful situations or moments of depression. Describe what some of these methods include, using specific details from the story.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 9, Schwartz discusses the importance of having control. What does he stress that one has control over? How is one supposed to obtain this control? Use details from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Schwartz incorporates the philosophies of Martin Buber into to his book. Discuss the philosophies of Buber. Also, explain why Schwartz felt Buber's philosophies helped describe the idea that one in declining health needs to be kind to one's self.
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