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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What finally allows the nun to come to terms with her anger?
(a) Making peace with her family.
(b) Getting the chance to express her feelings.
(c) Helping other terminal patients deal with their anger.
(d) Finally hearing the proper diagnosis of her illness.

2. Why do most patients enter the third stage of grief?
(a) They are afraid to let go of their anger.
(b) They want more control of their circumstances.
(c) They are attempting to postpone the inevitable.
(d) They want to believe there is a way to be released from their situation.

3. What has caused us to de-personalize the dying process?
(a) The distance we put between the dying and ourselves.
(b) The high number of machines that are used to prolong life.
(c) The strict visitation rules at hospitals.
(d) The taboo of speaking openly about religion.

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

5. Why was Mrs. W. unable to reach the stage of acceptance when she was ready?
(a) She felt guilty.
(b) Her husband would not let her.
(c) Her children were too upset.
(d) She died suddenly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the first stage of the grieving process?

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

4. What is the fifth stage of grief?

5. How did Mrs. W. respond to what her husband arranged for her when she had reached the stage of acceptance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kubler-Ross say has caused our modern fear of death?

2. What does Kubler-Ross say we should use to treat patients with terminal illnesses?

3. How does Kubler-Ross counsel family members to respond to their terminally ill loved ones who are in denial?

4. Who helped the nun remember her religious strength?

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

6. What is the third stage of grief?

7. What does depression in terminal patients replace?

8. Of what are most terminal patients truly in denial?

9. What is the second stage of grief?

10. What are the two kinds of depression that terminal patients can experience?

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