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MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS jk
1.0. Kastenbaum observed that Hollywood portrayals of death emphasize all the following EXCEPT the not
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ion:
a) that the doctor is the most important person to pay attention to when someone is dying
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b) of open communication, as in interpersonal connecting with significant words of parting
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c) that deception and sentimentalism are the best approaches
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d) that a sanitized version of dying is the best approach.
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Answer: b) of open communication, as in interpersonal connecting with significant words of parting
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2.0. A new question has arisen about gory details on television programs such as CSI and whether their port
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rayal of death serves to death.
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a) coldly analyze jk
b) expose the emotions surrounding jk jk jk
c) depersonalize
d) mystify.
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: c) depersonalize
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3.0. The jk
is a person who is quick to introduce a fatalistic statement, often as an attempt to end a di
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scussion about death before it begins.
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a) listener
b) fatalist
c) silencer
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,d) instigator.
Difficulty: 3 jk
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: c) silencer
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4.0. The leading cause of death for the population in general is:
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a) suicide
b) motor vehicle accident jk jk
c) heart disease jk
d) cancer.
Difficulty: 1 jk
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er: c) heart disease
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5.0. The earliest childhood memory reported by most adults is an experience of:
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a) joy
b) death
c) anger
d) sadness.
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r: b) death
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6.0. Of the 100 individuals Jack Kevorkian ―assisted‖ in death, how many were terminally ill?
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a) one half jk
b) more than one-half jk jk
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, c) one third jk
d) less than one-third.
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Answer: d) less than one-third
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7.0. One study that followed patients through their postoperative period found that:
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a) those with positive religious coping styles experienced more pain and distress
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b) those with positive religious coping styles experienced no pain or distress
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c) those with positive religious coping styles experienced less pain and distress
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d) doubt and conflict in religious beliefs had no effect on health outcomes.
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Answer: c) those with positive religious coping styles experienced less pain and distress
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8.0. Personal experience with dying and death influences our:
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a) attitudes and beliefs jk jk
b) beliefs
c) feelings and attitudes jk jk
d) attitudes, beliefs, and feelings. jk jk jk
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Answer: d) attitudes, beliefs, and feelings
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9.0. Which of the following is NOT true of living wills?
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a) The option of having a living will has been available since 1968.
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, Chapter 1: As We Think About Death jk jk jk jk jk jk jk
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS jk
1.0. Kastenbaum observed that Hollywood portrayals of death emphasize all the following EXCEPT the not
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ion:
a) that the doctor is the most important person to pay attention to when someone is dying
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b) of open communication, as in interpersonal connecting with significant words of parting
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c) that deception and sentimentalism are the best approaches
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d) that a sanitized version of dying is the best approach.
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Difficulty: 1 jk
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Answer: b) of open communication, as in interpersonal connecting with significant words of parting
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2.0. A new question has arisen about gory details on television programs such as CSI and whether their port
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rayal of death serves to death.
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a) coldly analyze jk
b) expose the emotions surrounding jk jk jk
c) depersonalize
d) mystify.
Difficulty: 3 jk
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: c) depersonalize
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3.0. The jk
is a person who is quick to introduce a fatalistic statement, often as an attempt to end a di
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scussion about death before it begins.
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a) listener
b) fatalist
c) silencer
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,d) instigator.
Difficulty: 3 jk
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: c) silencer
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4.0. The leading cause of death for the population in general is:
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a) suicide
b) motor vehicle accident jk jk
c) heart disease jk
d) cancer.
Difficulty: 1 jk
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er: c) heart disease
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5.0. The earliest childhood memory reported by most adults is an experience of:
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a) joy
b) death
c) anger
d) sadness.
Difficulty: 1 jk
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r: b) death
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6.0. Of the 100 individuals Jack Kevorkian ―assisted‖ in death, how many were terminally ill?
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a) one half jk
b) more than one-half jk jk
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, c) one third jk
d) less than one-third.
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Answer: d) less than one-third
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7.0. One study that followed patients through their postoperative period found that:
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a) those with positive religious coping styles experienced more pain and distress
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b) those with positive religious coping styles experienced no pain or distress
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c) those with positive religious coping styles experienced less pain and distress
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d) doubt and conflict in religious beliefs had no effect on health outcomes.
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Difficulty: 1 jk
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Answer: c) those with positive religious coping styles experienced less pain and distress
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8.0. Personal experience with dying and death influences our:
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a) attitudes and beliefs jk jk
b) beliefs
c) feelings and attitudes jk jk
d) attitudes, beliefs, and feelings. jk jk jk
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Answer: d) attitudes, beliefs, and feelings
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9.0. Which of the following is NOT true of living wills?
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a) The option of having a living will has been available since 1968.
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