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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 usually follows denial in the grieving process?
(a) Anger.
(b) Hope.
(c) Despair.
(d) Acceptance.

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

3. To what other psychological ailment is denial related?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Shock.
(c) Fear.
(d) Hope.

4. Who finally recognized and diagnosed the nun's disease?
(a) Her psychiatrist.
(b) A patient with the same disease.
(c) She did, after reading about it.
(d) Another nurse in the hospital she at which she worked.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When should a doctor discuss death with a terminal patient?

2. From whom does Kubler-Ross say we should never hide the truth of death?

3. What terminal disease does the nun in chapter IV have?

4. For what did the nun become an advocate?

5. How does Kubler-Ross say others should react to the denial of a terminal patient?

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