Question 1

One way in which most societies are alike regarding death is that:

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A)  spiritual death is equated with physical death.
B)  they share similar rituals associated with death.
C)  biological death is not equated with spiritual death.
D)  they have similar culturally accepted reactions to death.

Question 2

In the Gond culture of India,death is believed to be caused by:

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A)  magic and demons.
B)  natural causes.
C)  a supreme being.
D)  selective fate.

Question 3

List Elisabeth Kübler-Ross' five stages of dying.

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Question 4

According to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross,when a dying person finally accepts the fact of impending death and becomes depressed about it,which of the following would be most appropriate?

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A)  Remind the person of all his or her positive life achievements.
B)  Tell humorous stories in order to help to cheer up the person.
C)  Allow the person to experience and work through the depression.
D)  Increase the person's medication so he or she will have fewer negative feelings.

Question 5

Three family members are discussing their mother's last days a few days after her funeral.They talk in detail about the symptoms the mother had and her day-to-day decline.Such conversation indicates:

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A)  an effort to emotionally deny the death.
B)  our society's morbid fascination with death.
C)  an effort to use grief to understand the death better.
D)  contemporary society's lack of respect for the deceased.

Question 6

The dead are most likely to be cremated in:

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A)  the United States.
B)  Mexico.
C)  Canada.
D)  Japan.

Question 7

A young woman was seriously injured in a car accident and now shows no higher cortical brain function.Her parents decide to take her off the life-support machines but are shocked when she continues to breathe on her own.Is the young woman dead?

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A)  Yes,because her brain is no longer functioning.
B)  It is unclear,because we do not know how long she will breathe on her own.
C)  Yes,because she is no longer capable of thinking or showing personality characteristics.
D)  It is unclear,because death can be defined in different ways by different people.

Question 8

The crux of the recent controversy surrounding the funeral industry is whether:

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A)  cremation is prohibitively expensive.
B)  closed caskets truly allow mourners to grieve in a healing way.
C)  funeral directors are simply out to benefit financially.
D)  funeral arrangements can be made in advance of death.

Question 9

The hospice was developed with the goal of:

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A)  providing inexpensive medical care to those who need it.
B)  making the final stage of dying as pain free as possible.
C)  giving spiritual and religious counsel to dying patients.
D)  giving patients a place to stay when recovering from a chronic illness.

Question 10

Traditional Amish and Jewish cultures are similar in how they cope with death in that they both:

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A)  have important roles of the family during and after the loss.
B)  have elaborate funeral ceremonies in churches to symbolize the last passage from Earth.
C)  believe that grief is stronger for the collective community than for the individual family.
D)  expect families to unite and cope with only minimal support from the rest of the community.

Question 11

The main purpose of a hospice is to:

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A)  eliminate Americans' fear of death.
B)  provide high-quality medical intervention in a homelike setting.
C)  make death more peaceful and less taxing on the dying individual and their family members.
D)  reduce wasteful expenditures on aggressive medical treatments for patients with little hope of survival.

Question 12

A person born today will most likely live until about age:

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A)  58.
B)  68.
C)  78.
D)  88.

Question 13

All but one of the following statements reflect Elisabeth Kübler-Ross' stages of dying.Which one is NOT true?

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A)  A person will become increasingly difficult to care for during the anger stage of dying.
B)  A period of preparatory grief may appear during the depression stage of dying.
C)  Family and friends should attempt to cheer up patients in the depression stage of dying.
D)  The dying person often has a desire to be left alone during the acceptance stage of dying.

Question 14

Esther attended her aunt's funeral,which was held in a barn.In the weeks after the funeral,Esther and other women go to her aunt's house to participate in quilting activities and other projects to help give the grieving family community support.Esther is living in which type of community?

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A)  Irish
B)  Amish
C)  Jewish
D)  Hutterite

Question 15

Marie's sister died 3 years ago.Marie is consistently bothered by sleeping problems,restlessness,and irritability.She often finds herself weeping uncontrollably because she misses her sister so much.Which of the following is probably TRUE of Marie?

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A)  She is recovering very quickly from her sister's death.
B)  She is moving through the stages of grief and will eventually recover.
C)  She is as recovered as one can hope to be from the death of a loved one.
D)  She is experiencing an unusually long grief period and should seek help.

Question 16

This theorist was the first to propose a five stage model of dying,which begins with denial and ends with acceptance of death.

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Question 17

Which of the following statements about a living will is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is designed to have a person's choices be clear if that person becomes unable to communicate their wishes.
B)  Only the terminally ill can write one.
C)  The individual must be in a clear state of mind when writing it.
D)  The document contains the individual's wishes regarding medical treatment.

Question 18

Which of the following deaths would probably be most difficult for the surviving family members to cope with?

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A)  Marcia,a 92-year-old woman who died suddenly and unexpectedly in her sleep.
B)  Maurice,a 44-year-old father of two who was killed suddenly in a car accident.
C)  Martha,a 62-year-old woman who died of scleroderma after fighting it for 3 years.
D)  Marcus,a 32-year-old man who has succumbed after a long bout with testicular cancer.

Question 19

A kind of medical treatment which involves reducing pain and suffering and helping individuals die with dignity.

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Question 20

Approximately __________ of corpses are disposed of by burial.

Accepted Answer

A)  one-quarter
B)  one-third
C)  two-thirds
D)  three-quarters

Exam 17: Death, Dying, and Grieving

Three family members are discussing their mother's last days a few days after her funeral.They talk in detail about the symptoms the mother had and her day-to-day decline.Such conversation indicates:

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The dead are most likely to be cremated in:

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A young woman was seriously injured in a car accident and now shows no higher cortical brain function.Her parents decide to take her off the life-support machines but are shocked when she continues to breathe on her own.Is the young woman dead?

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Traditional Amish and Jewish cultures are similar in how they cope with death in that they both:

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In the Gond culture of India,death is believed to be caused by:

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List Elisabeth Kübler-Ross' five stages of dying.

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Which of the following statements about a living will is FALSE?

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Esther attended her aunt's funeral,which was held in a barn.In the weeks after the funeral,Esther and other women go to her aunt's house to participate in quilting activities and other projects to help give the grieving family community support.Esther is living in which type of community?

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Which of the following deaths would probably be most difficult for the surviving family members to cope with?

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A person born today will most likely live until about age:

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All but one of the following statements reflect Elisabeth Kübler-Ross' stages of dying.Which one is NOT true?

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This theorist was the first to propose a five stage model of dying,which begins with denial and ends with acceptance of death.

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According to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross,when a dying person finally accepts the fact of impending death and becomes depressed about it,which of the following would be most appropriate?

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One way in which most societies are alike regarding death is that:

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A kind of medical treatment which involves reducing pain and suffering and helping individuals die with dignity.

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The crux of the recent controversy surrounding the funeral industry is whether:

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The main purpose of a hospice is to:

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Approximately __________ of corpses are disposed of by burial.

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The hospice was developed with the goal of:

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Marie's sister died 3 years ago.Marie is consistently bothered by sleeping problems,restlessness,and irritability.She often finds herself weeping uncontrollably because she misses her sister so much.Which of the following is probably TRUE of Marie?

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