Question

7. The modern death awareness movement, emphasizing research and writing about deathrelated experiences began around:

a) the end of the 19th century b) the early 1800’s c) the third decade of the 20th century d) the late 1950’s through the early 1970’s

8. Three elements are essential in all bereavement:

a) Anticipation, depersonalization, and love b) Loneliness, shame, and melancholia c) A valued relationship, loss, and a survivor d) Depression, loss, and cacthexis e) Grief, guilt, and decthexis

9. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention apparently supports this contention, suggesting that family-related problems and ease of access to alcohol, illicit drugs, and firearms are major factors in the rising rates of suicide among the young, especially young black males.

a) True b) False

10. Several trends in funerals of the future are being accepted standards in some countries. These include:

a) cyberfunerals b) space-based cremains c) Fire work displays to celebrate life d) All of the above 11. The person who started the modern hospice movement is:

a) Elizabeth Kubler-Ross b) Cicely Saunders c) Glen Davidson d) Phillipe Aries e) Robert Kastenbaum

12. According to Chapter 57, “Wakes” are funeral related rituals that support the notion that primary mourners need and seek social togetherness as both a coping strategy for loss and for restructuring the social sphere in the absence of the deceased.

a) True b) False

13. Moral dilemmas about ending a life in our society most often

a) have to do with passive euthanasia b) relate to active euthanasia c) are confined to issues of assisted suicide d) are fully resolvable in good hospice care e) arise from advances in technology and treatment

14. Nearly half of all deaths in the US arise from or are associated with:

a) Homicides b) Behaviors c) AIDS/HIV d) Cancer

15. A 1981 presidential commission proposed a definition of death later codified in the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA). This definition requires or includes:

a) an invariant procedure for the determination of death b) reversible loss of circulatory and respiratory functions c) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem d) irreversible stoppage of the capacity for bodily integration and social interaction e) a metaphysical change in the very substance of the being

16. Grief which occurs as a result of a loss that is not or cannot be openly acknowledged, publicly mourned, or socially supported is called

a) pathological grief b) complicated grief c) disenfranchised grief d) none of these

17. Death-related experiences and issues are not openly discussed with or among children in contemporary America society because

a) the Amish showed us difficulties in dealing with death b) children receive many messages that death is not an acceptable topic for discussion c) most adults fear death and death-related issues d) society has very negative feelings about death e) none of these

18. Anger, guilt, and anxiety are most closely associated with

a) bereavement b) loss c) grief d) mourning e) catharsis

19. “Living wills” that indicate an individual’s desires about medical treatment

a) are legal documents mandating no intubation and life-saving medications b) do not have legal force in the United States c) state the wishes of persons when their health status changes and they become incapacitated d) acknowledge a desire to live and to receive all measures to prevent death e) apply to individuals who are terminally ill

20. People who sign a living will cannot make provisions for every possible circumstance. A surrogate may be appointed to make health care decisions for that person through a:

a) Family Physician b) Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care c) Close Relative d) Verbal Request e) None of the above

21. Which of the following is true in relation to organ donation and transplantation in the United States?

a) they are opposed by nearly all major religious communities b) “brain dead” individuals might return to life c) donation is likely to have a substantive effect on desired general practices d) costs of transplantation are paid by donor families e) none of these

22. An arrangement through which one transfers property to a third party with instructions for its distribution after death while retaining control over the property during his or her life is call a

a) Will b) gift c) trust d) joint tenancy with right of survivorship e) codicil

23. According to Christine Quigley’s Death Dictionary (1994), suicide literally means “killing of oneself.” If that is all one uses to define suicide, which of the following would be an act of suicide?

a) while playing “Russian roulette,” shooting oneself fatally in the head b) bungee jumping that results in one’s death c) while high on drugs, walking off a cliff because one believes one can fly, and thus falling to one’s death d) driving a race car which crashes and results in death e) all of these

24. In cases of assisted suicide

a) a physician helps end a human life b) an individual ends his or her own life c) care providers cause death by foregoing treatment d) a second individual acts directly to bring about the death of another person e) death is brought about by a lethal injection

25. If a dying person’s intentions regarding one’s own death remain unknown and then someone else takes action to end the person’s life in order to end their suffering, and the person dies, this is an example of

a) voluntary euthanasia b) involuntary euthanasia c) nonvoluntary euthanasia d) assisted suicide e) homicide

Answer 1

7. Experiences related to death and studies and research on it has been going on for some time and has also been a matter of controversy in many places. According to the historical reports, it can be traced that the modern form of death awareness movement has started mainly around the "third decade of twentieth century". Thus, the correct answer is Option C.

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