Chapter 1 to 15
TEST BANK
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 As We Think about Death
2 What is Death? What Does Death Mean?
3 Denial or Adaptation: the Death System
4 Dying: Transition from Life
5 Hospice and Palliative Care
6 End-of-Life Issues and Decisions
7 Suicide
8 Violent Death: Murder, Terrorism, Genocide, Disaster, and
Accident
9 Euthanasia, Assisted Death, Abortion, and the Right to Die
10 Death in the World of Childhood
11 Bereavement, Grief, and Mourning
12 The Funeral Process
13 Do We Survive Death?
14 How Can We Help? Caregiving and Death Education
,15 Good Life, Good Death? Trying to Make Sense of It All
, Chapter 1: As We Think About Death
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1.0. Kastenbaum observed that Hollywood portrayals of death emphasize all the following EXCEPT
the notion:
a) that the doctor is the most important person to pay attention to when someone is dying
b) of open communication, as in interpersonal connecting with significant words of parting
c) that deception and sentimentalism are the best approaches
d) that a sanitized version of dying is the best approach.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 6
Answer: b) of open communication, as in interpersonal connecting with significant words of parting
2.0. A new question has arisen about gory details on television programs such as CSI and whether
their portrayal of death serves to
death.
a) coldly analyze
b) expose the emotions surrounding
c) depersonalize
d) mystify.
Difficulty: 3
Page reference: 6
Answer: c) depersonalize
3.0. The is a person who is quick to introduce a fatalistic statement, often as
an attempt to end a discussion about death before it begins.
a) listener
TEST BANK
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 As We Think about Death
2 What is Death? What Does Death Mean?
3 Denial or Adaptation: the Death System
4 Dying: Transition from Life
5 Hospice and Palliative Care
6 End-of-Life Issues and Decisions
7 Suicide
8 Violent Death: Murder, Terrorism, Genocide, Disaster, and
Accident
9 Euthanasia, Assisted Death, Abortion, and the Right to Die
10 Death in the World of Childhood
11 Bereavement, Grief, and Mourning
12 The Funeral Process
13 Do We Survive Death?
14 How Can We Help? Caregiving and Death Education
,15 Good Life, Good Death? Trying to Make Sense of It All
, Chapter 1: As We Think About Death
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1.0. Kastenbaum observed that Hollywood portrayals of death emphasize all the following EXCEPT
the notion:
a) that the doctor is the most important person to pay attention to when someone is dying
b) of open communication, as in interpersonal connecting with significant words of parting
c) that deception and sentimentalism are the best approaches
d) that a sanitized version of dying is the best approach.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 6
Answer: b) of open communication, as in interpersonal connecting with significant words of parting
2.0. A new question has arisen about gory details on television programs such as CSI and whether
their portrayal of death serves to
death.
a) coldly analyze
b) expose the emotions surrounding
c) depersonalize
d) mystify.
Difficulty: 3
Page reference: 6
Answer: c) depersonalize
3.0. The is a person who is quick to introduce a fatalistic statement, often as
an attempt to end a discussion about death before it begins.
a) listener
