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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What usually accompanies depression in the terminally ill patient?
(a) Relief.
(b) Shame and guilt.
(c) The beginning of acceptance.
(d) Despair and sadness.

2. From whom does Kubler-Ross say we should never hide the truth of death?
(a) Children.
(b) The loved ones.
(c) The patient.
(d) Anyone.

3. With what concept is a patient in denial usually really trying to deal?
(a) The love for his or her family.
(b) The reality of his or her mortality.
(c) The shame of his or her past deeds.
(d) His or her need for help.

4. Who are described by Kubler-Ross as the "most desperate of all'?
(a) The spouses of terminal patients.
(b) Terminal patients with no supportive family.
(c) Terminal patients with no religion in their lives.
(d) Terminal patients who provoke others to anger.

5. 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.

6. What do we need to strengthen the most in ourselves, according to Kubler-Ross?
(a) Our emotional stability.
(b) Our physical strength.
(c) Our ability to tell the truth.
(d) Our support systems.

7. What is the name of the terminal patient interviewed in chapter VI?
(a) Mr. H.
(b) Dr. D.
(c) Mr. D.
(d) Mrs. H.

8. What is one thing that Kubler-Ross does NOT say terminal patients get angry about?
(a) The world for continuing on without them.
(b) Their family for writing them off as already dead.
(c) Themselves for getting sick.
(d) The hospital staff for being well.

9. How many family members has the patient in chapter VI seen die in a short amount of time?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

10. What do most people do to cheer terminal patients that often makes the depression worse?
(a) Visit often for long lengths of time.
(b) Allow time for contemplative silence.
(c) Speak extensively of religious beliefs.
(d) Describe the family doing well without them.

11. To what does the author compare the stage of acceptance?
(a) Numbing oneself to all outer pain.
(b) Sleeping in a quiet tomb of peace.
(c) A child returning to the womb.
(d) Readying oneself to rise again.

12. How did Mrs. W. respond to what her husband arranged for her when she had reached the stage of acceptance?
(a) She refused to speak openly with anyone she did not know.
(b) She shed tears of gratitude.
(c) She went into a psychotic episode.
(d) She wrote a letter to all of her children because she did not want them to see her.

13. About what is the patient in chapter VI most depressed?
(a) He has lost so many family members to death.
(b) He does not believe in the afterlife.
(c) He does not want to die.
(d) His wife does not respect him.

14. What has Kubler-Ross and her team done for years that provides comfort for terminal patients?
(a) Donate money to a charity for research on terminal illnesses.
(b) Instruct doctors and nurses in the proper ways to care for terminal patients.
(c) Allow patients to speak and be careful listeners.
(d) Hold seminars for family members of deceased patients.

15. What does the fourth stage of grief replace in the terminal patient?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Hope.
(c) Anger.
(d) Denial.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In chapter VI, what did the patient's wife do that helped him overcome his depression?

3. What does Kubler-Ross say that most American doctors are afraid to do?

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

5. What is the most common reaction to learning of a terminal illness?

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