Question 1

Mourning is best defined as the way a person

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A)   dies.
B)   reflects on his or her own death.
C)   feels after the death of a close friend.
D)   expresses grief.

Question 2

Sophie is experiencing so much guilt associated with the death of her boyfriend that it is beginning to interfere in every aspect of her life. She is probably experiencing

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A)   a near-death experience.
B)   separation distress.
C)   normal bereavement.
D)   anticipatory grief.

Question 3

The point of hospice care is to speed up the death process.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Washington was the first state to pass a law legalizing assisted suicide.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In the United States,

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A)   each state has its own definition of death.
B)   all 50 states and the District of Columbia use clinical death as the definition of death.
C)   all 50 states and the District of Columbia use whole-brain death as the definition of death.
D)   all 50 states and the District of Columbia use persistent vegetative state as the definition of death.

Question 6

A.J. (age 8), Meadow (age 18), and Tony (age 28) are all children of the Soprano family. Each of them is about to experience a loss as the result of the death of their mother, Sally. Describe the similarities and differences that you would expect concerning the reactions of these individuals to their loss.

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Question 7

Discuss the key components of death anxiety by describing terror management theory and its implication toward successfully dealing with such anxiety.

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Question 8

Which U.S. state passed the first law legalizing physician-assisted suicide?

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A)   California
B)   Oregon
C)   Washington
D)   Idaho

Question 9

Most grieving individuals get "back to normal" within about six months.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Terror management theory concerns behaviors rooted in concerns about post-traumatic stress disorder.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Bernie hates being around his older relatives because their frailty reminds him that some day he will grow old and die. This belief best fits with the ____ approach to dying.

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A)   death as an event
B)   terror management theory
C)   death as a mystery
D)   Kübler-Ross

Question 12

_____ euthanasia occurs when an individual is allowed to die because an available treatment is intentionally withheld.

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Question 13

Individuals in permanent comas or persistent vegetative states

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A)   are considered dead both clinically and according to the whole-brain standard of death.
B)   are considered dead by the clinical but not the whole-brain standard of death.
C)   will not regain consciousness but do not meet the whole-brain standard of death.
D)   will regain consciousness but do not meet the whole-brain standard of death.

Question 14

Which is devastating for a parent?

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A)   Death of a child before birth
B)   Death of a young child
C)   Death of a young-adult child
D)   All of these events are devastating

Question 15

Death anxiety

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A)   consists solely of the component of fear.
B)   is very hard to measure.
C)   appears independent from pain, punishment, and humiliation.
D)   is expressed identically in public and private settings.

Question 16

Who is an example of someone using the most common way of dealing with death anxiety?

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A)   Jean, who is becoming more fearful the older she gets
B)   Martin, who lives life to the fullest
C)   Norma, who seeks professional counseling
D)   Louis, who becomes more committed to his church

Question 17

Bernie is trying to decide whether or not to be cremated. This best exemplifies

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A)   a final scenario.
B)   an end-of-life issue.
C)   bioethics.
D)   grief work as rumination.

Question 18

Which is not associated with "death as a state of being?"

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A)   Being transformed into a pure energy
B)   Being with God and endlessly happy
C)   Being nothingness
D)   Being afraid of dying

Question 19

Dr. Axle teaches bioethics. What lecture title would be most representative of his field?

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A)   "The Reliability of the Electroencephalogram"
B)   "Pupillary Responses in Rats"
C)   "Mercy Killing: Legal or Illegal?"
D)   "Axons and Dendrites: Synaptic Partners"

Question 20

A chart showing the number of teens who died from homicide during the past year represents death as a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)   statistic.
B)   analogy.
C)   boundary.
D)   anxiety.

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