View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of terminal patient gets less attention and visits, even from the hospital staff?
(a) An angry patient.
(b) A patient close to death.
(c) A patient with a contagious disease.
(d) A patient with no family.

2. For what did the dentist have hope?
(a) To die with his family close by.
(b) A chance to write his story.
(c) A reconciliation with his siblings.
(d) A cure.

3. What tends to be of great relief to terminal patients?
(a) Love.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Diligence.
(d) Hope.

4. What does Kubler-Ross say we should pay the closest attention to about a terminal patient?
(a) His or her feelings.
(b) His or her fear.
(c) His or her family.
(d) His or her pain.

5. What does Kubler-Ross think doctors should do for terminal patients?
(a) Provide moral and spiritual support.
(b) Relieve suffering.
(c) Prolong life.
(d) Ease the passing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most effective way to help a depressed patient, according to Kubler-Ross?

2. What do the family of terminally ill patients need to do after the funeral is over and the friends have all left?

3. What does Dr. Kubler-Ross blame for the increased fear of death and dying?

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

5. How was the patient in chapter VI described by the medical staff?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 265 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample