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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is at the core of Kubler-Ross's studies on death and dying?
(a) Weekly interviews with terminal patients.
(b) Interviews with doctors and nurses.
(c) Research books on the coping process.
(d) Transcripts from psychiatric consults.

2. What is the biggest relief to an angry patient?
(a) Expressing his or her anger.
(b) Suppressing his or her feelings until they go away.
(c) Writing his or her feelings.
(d) Being separated from people for a time.

3. What creates the greatest amount of stress for a terminal patient?
(a) Being a useless member of society.
(b) Feeling that they are abandoning loved ones.
(c) Losing control of one's environment.
(d) Looking death in the face.

4. How does Kubler-Ross say Americans view death?
(a) As a negative and malicious thing that takes our loved ones away.
(b) As a reason to pull away from people we love in order to avoid pain.
(c) As the end of hope.
(d) As an ending and cessation.

5. For what did the nun become an advocate?
(a) Patients whose needs were not being met.
(b) Religious rights of terminal patients.
(c) Social workers in the hospitals.
(d) Research of terminal illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what concept is a patient in denial usually really trying to deal?

2. To whom was the patient in chapter VI not communicating his true feelings?

3. What do most people do to cheer terminal patients that often makes the depression worse?

4. What is not necessary to do when a patient is unable to accept reality?

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

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