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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. J. say that every terminally ill patient has?
(a) A perspective unlike they have ever had before.
(b) A true knowledge of his or her impending death.
(c) A unique philosophy on life and death.
(d) A reason to hope.

2. What did the daughter of a patient in chapter IX do when her mother became ill?
(a) She fought with the nurses to treat her mother better.
(b) She read all the books she could find on the illness.
(c) She moved to a different town and refused to speak to her mother.
(d) She quit her job and stayed with her mother constantly.

3. What does Kubler-Ross say a therapist will see while witnessing the passing of many terminal patients?
(a) The quiet strength of the human soul.
(b) The uniqueness of each person's life.
(c) The lack of fear that can accompany death.
(d) The awful loneliness that is left when a person dies.

4. What does the courageous female patient teach Kubler-Ross?
(a) That every person has an individual approach to acceptance.
(b) That denial can be useful and healthy.
(c) That service is an antidote to depression.
(d) That the depression stage can be skipped altogether.

5. What is the patient in the last chapter suffering from the most?
(a) A loss of identity.
(b) A loss of control.
(c) A loss of wealth.
(d) A loss of courage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the biggest change that Kubler-Ross noticed when she had finished her seminars?

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

3. What does Kubler-Ross observe about patients who get the chance to express themselves before death?

4. How many family members has the patient in chapter VI seen die in a short amount of time?

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

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