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1
According to "Grief in the Age of Facebook," the author should have known that something was seriously wrong when her student contacted her:
A)in person.
B)by e-mail.
C)with a written note.
D)by telephone.
2
One of the first ways in which Casey's fellow students responded to her death, as described in "Grief in the Age of Facebook," was to:
A)leave her a personal message on Facebook.
B)change their Facebook profile pictures.
C)establish a memorial page for her on Facebook.
D)choose to gather in person rather than communicate via Facebook.
3
In spite of the best efforts of Casey's closest friends, as noted in "Grief in the Age of Facebook," they were unable to contact some of her friends before they learned of her death via Facebook.
A)True
B)False
4
As related in "Death, Dying, and the Dead in Popular Culture," to refer to "the presentation and consumption (by visitors) of real and commodified death and disaster sites," some scholars have adopted the term:
A)commercialized grief.
B)dollars from darkness.
C)dark tourism.
D)morbid vacationing.
5
According to "Death, Dying, and the Dead in Popular Culture," the slasher film genre has been so pervasive in our culture that the mayor of Los Angeles proclaimed September 13, 1991:
A)Freddy Krueger Day.
B)Hockey Mask Day.
C)Bates Motel Day.
D)Scream Day.
6
As asserted in "Death, Dying, and the Dead in Popular Culture," young people today appear to be losing their fascination with films that feature violent deaths.
A)True
B)False
7
As brought out in "How Much Is More Life Worth?", pharmaceutical companies maintain that high prices for new drugs are necessary to:
A)satisfy their shareholders.
B)pay the high federal taxes applied to drug companies.
C)recoup the high costs of drug ingredients.
D)meet the extraordinarily high costs of getting new drugs to market.
8
As explained in "How Much Is More Life Worth?", the patent system for pharmaceuticals is designed to:
A)enrich pharmaceutical-company stockholders.
B)encourage research and development of new drugs by protecting the returns from successful drugs.
C)protect U.S. companies from low-cost foreign knock-offs.
D)enable the federal government to regulate the drug industry.
9
As claimed in "How Much Is More Life Worth?", extremely expensive drugs are a twenty-first century phenomenon.
A)True
B)False
10
Differences in brain death guidelines, as reported in "Brain Death Guidelines Vary at Top US Neurological Hospitals," can have significant implications in terms of:
A)donor organ procurement.
B)hospital billing and record keeping.
C)relationships with patients' families.
D)patients' basic trust in hospitals.
11
According to "Brain Death Guidelines Vary at Top US Neurological Hospitals," the study authors were particularly concerned over the variability of:
A)guideline performance.
B)ancillary tests.
C)apnea testing.
D)clinical examination.
12
Although there are guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology, as pointed out in "Brain Death Guidelines Vary at Top US Neurological Hospitals," these guidelines are not binding at the local level.
A)True
B)False
13
Today, as maintained in "Criteria for a Good Death," suicide is thought of primarily as a:
A)sin.
B)crime.
C)momentary impulse.
D)mental-health issue.
14
Essentially, as put forth in "Criteria for a Good Death," a good death is one that is:
A)painless.
B)appropriate for the individual.
C)accompanied by spiritual care.
D)unexpected and instantaneous.
15
The terms "good" and "death," as noted in "Criteria for a Good Death," are generally thought of as oxymoronic or mutually exclusive.
A)True
B)False
16
Healthy children, as asserted in "Death in Disney Films," only achieve a true understanding of death as irreversible, permanent, and inevitable once they have reached the age of:
A)5.
B)10.
C)12.
D)15.
17
During the first stage of grief, involving an understanding of what death is, as described in "Death in Disney Films," it is important for young children to realize that:
A)the dead person is not coming back to life.
B)there are set cultural rituals to cope with death.
C)even their parents feel sad and are grieving.
D)they and their immediate family are not in danger.
18
The understanding that death may not be final, arising from family religious belief, as pointed out in "Death in Disney Films," may reflect a more, rather than less, mature understanding of death.
A)True
B)False
19
In explaining death to young children, as described in "Saying Goodbye," it can be helpful to compare a person's life to:
A)seasons of the year.
B)various celebrations.
C)a tree's leaves.
D)a favorite film.
20
One mom who was unable to hide her grief over the death of her father from her children, as noted in "Saying Goodbye," was surprised to find that her young children:
A)quickly lost all memory of her father.
B)were able to comfort her.
C)were frightened by her tears.
D)expressed confidence that she would never die.
21
According to "Saying Goodbye," most children, no matter what their age, are able to understand that a person can be physically dead, yet still alive in a spiritual place.
A)True
B)False
22
The trauma children experience losing a parent in the military, as set forth in "Helping Military Kids Cope with Traumatic Death," can easily be heightened by:
A)attempts to return to a "normal" routine.
B)the grief their remaining parent experiences.
C)how the topic is approached in school.
D)each new instance of military death reported in the media.
23
Developmentally, as explained in "Helping Military Kids Cope with Traumatic Death," young children live in an egocentric world in which they believe:
A)they are responsible for anything that happens.
B)no one will ever leave them.
C)their feelings at the time will last forever.
D)their parents do not have separate feelings of their own.
24
Following the death of a parent, as maintained in "Helping Military Kids Cope with Traumatic Death," children may react in ways that are unpredictable or difficult to understand because their world now seems unsafe and unpredictable.
A)True
B)False
25
As brought out in "Needs of Elderly Patients in Palliative Care," studies have demonstrated that older people are willing to talk about death and dying:
A)in clinical settings much more than anywhere else.
B)in a rather spontaneous way.
C)mostly with those with whom they have a long and trusting relationship.
D)as seldom as possible, and preferably never.
26
As identified in "Needs of Elderly Patients in Palliative Care," the tertiary physical needs of the interviewed patients mainly concerned the:
A)feeling of feebleness.
B)importance of appearance.
C)desire for good food.
D)desire for comfortable bedding.
27
As interpreted in "Needs of Elderly Patients in Palliative Care," in the patient interviews, contact with or care for the family came up as a function of both primary and secondary social needs.
A)True
B)False
28
As mentioned in "Altered States: What I've Learned about Death & Disability," discussions about her case remained highly polarized more than a year after the death of:
A)Eva Peron.
B)Karen Ann Quinlan.
C)Princess Diana.
D)Terri Schiavo.
29
As related in "Altered States: What I've Learned about Death & Disability," the author has learned from experience that the go-to person in the emergency room is the:
A)charge nurse.
B)youngest intern.
C)chief surgeon.
D)EMT.
30
As confessed in "Altered States: What I've Learned about Death & Disability," the author continues to reside with and care for her quadriplegic husband for two inflexible reasons: the law says she is responsible for his care, and her religion says it is her duty.
A)True
B)False
31
According to "Dying on the Streets," the authors found that homeless individuals had:
A)rarely had contact with medical personnel.
B)few concerns or knowledge about EOL care.
C)significant personal experience and feelings about EOL care.
D)no concern about the cost of dying and death.
32
The concerns of the participants in the survey reported on in "Dying on the Streets" included all of the following categories EXCEPT:
A)personal themes.
B)financial issues.
C)relational concerns.
D)environmental influences.
33
As brought out in "Dying on the Streets," a deficiency in how society has addressed the needs of the dying is that EOL care focuses on individuals with loved ones, health care, and a home and has not considered homeless persons.
A)True
B)False
34
According to "End-of-Life Care around the World," the principal factors contributing to poor pain management globally are lack of information about pain management and:
A)the high cost of pain medication.
B)legal barriers against opioid use.
C)patient noncompliance.
D)lack of access to medical professionals.
35
The first hospice facility for providing end-of-life palliative care, as stated in "End-of-Life Care around the World," was located in:
A)Canada.
B)the United States.
C)Great Britain.
D)Italy.
36
Only in the last few years, as pointed out in "End-of-Life Care around the World," has the U.S. Medicare program provided funding for hospice care.
A)True
B)False
37
The spirits that dying people frequently see, as reported in "Are They Hallucinations or Are They Real?", often bring the dying a sense of:
A)dread.
B)acute loss.
C)bliss.
D)wonder.
38
According to "Are They Hallucinations or Are They Real?", the researcher R. Conant argues that the visions of the deceased should be regarded as:
A)delusions to be dismissed.
B)successful coping mechanisms.
C)a symptom of disease.
D)reassuring fantasies.
39
Thanatologists, as noted in "Are They Hallucinations or Are They Real?", have long been aware that people who are very near death often see spirits if they have been heavily sedated.
A)True
B)False
40
Much of the growth in the use of hospice care in recent years, as reported in "A Spreading Appreciation for the Benefits of Hospice Care," can be attributed to its use by:
A)patients with heart disease.
B)severely wounded veterans.
C)children with advanced disease.
D)Alzheimer's patients.
41
Hospice care, as explained in "A Spreading Appreciation for the Benefits of Hospice Care," is generally provided in:
A)a designated hospice facility.
B)the patient's home.
C)at a hospital.
D)in an assisted-living facility.
42
According to "A Spreading Appreciation for the Benefits of Hospice Care," Medicare, Medicaid, and most private insurance plans will cover the costs of hospice care.
A)True
B)False
43
According to "When Death Strikes Without Warning," families generally learn about Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) when:
A)a loved one has died.
B)a patient has lived with the condition for years.
C)the patient's life is at risk from other causes.
D)epilepsy is first diagnosed.
44
Chris Donalty, as profiled in "When Death Strikes Without Warning," probably never told his parents he was still regularly suffering epileptic seizures because he:
A)did not want to worry them.
B)was concerned he would be forced to drop out of college.
C)did not want to lose his driver's license.
D)was afraid his girlfriend would break up with him if she knew.
45
Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP), as stated in "When Death Strikes Without Warning," has only appeared in the medical literature in the past decade.
A)True
B)False
46
Geographical variations in suicide rates, as maintained in "Suicide Rates in the World: 1950-2004," lend support to the argument that instances of suicide are strongly influenced by:
A)economic conditions.
B)overall instances of mental health.
C)political environment.
D)social factors.
47
The country with the highest rate of suicide, as presented in "Suicide Rates in the World: 1950-2004," is:
A)Australia.
B)Lithuania.
C)Mexico.
D)Japan.
48
Suicide rates for African countries are not provided in "Suicide Rates in the World: 1950-2004" because many African countries do not collect mortality data routinely or submit this information to international organizations.
A)True
B)False
49
For the most part, as put forth in "On 'Intention' in the Definition of Suicide," the cognitive state accompanying suicide can be described as:
A)despair.
B)self-loathing.
C)ambivalence.
D)acceptance.
50
In cases of suicide, as asserted in "On 'Intention' in the Definition of Suicide," intentions are often confused with:
A)motives.
B)psychological states.
C)guilt feelings.
D)fantasies.
51
Determining suicidal intention, as explained in "On 'Intention' in the Definition of Suicide," is generally as simple as determining that death was self-inflicted.
A)True
B)False
52
According to "Ethical, Legal, and Practical Issues in the Control and Regulation of Suicide Promotion and Assistance over the Internet," meeting suicide companions online appears to be most prominent in:
A)Poland.
B)Japan.
C)Australia.
D)India.
53
In most countries, as set forth in "Ethical, Legal, and Practical Issues in the Control and Regulation of Suicide Promotion and Assistance over the Internet," there is little or no control of Internet content because:
A)government agencies are unaware of the dangers some online sites present.
B)there is little empirical support for the view that the Internet can influence actual behavior.
C)such controls would violate free speech guarantees.
D)no single government agency has control over the Internet.
54
Although many countries have laws prohibiting aiding and abetting suicide, as pointed out in "Ethical, Legal, and Practical Issues in the Control and Regulation of Suicide Promotion and Assistance over the Internet," there have not been any cases in which Internet activity has been pursued in a court of law for aiding or abetting suicide.
A)True
B)False
55
Through an online suicide message board, as explained in "A Search for Death," Suzy Gonzalez learned how to obtain potassium cyanide by posing as a:
A)farmer.
B)exterminator.
C)jeweler.
D)chemist.
56
Copycat suicides, as noted in "A Search for Death," are most likely to be triggered by the suicide of a:
A)popular classmate.
B)celebrity.
C)relative.
D)member of the military.
57
All of the websites reviewed for "A Search for Death," allow entrance to individuals intending to persuade users not to commit suicide.
A)True
B)False
58
Women's suicides, as put forth in "Gender and Suicide Risk," are more likely than those of men to be classified as non-suicides because:
A)authorities may be trying to spare the feelings of the family.
B)it often appears that the death was the result of a crime by a third party.
C)women use nonviolent means more often than men do.
D)women are perceived as having more to live for than men in similar situations.
59
According to "Gender and Suicide Risk," part of the gender differential in suicide rates is believed to be the fact that women:
A)are more likely to make "trial" suicide attempts at first.
B)are less likely than men to use a gun.
C)more often confide their plans to a close friend.
D)suffer less from depression and other mental disorders.
60
Only recently, as pointed out in "Gender and Suicide Risk," has a gender differential for completed suicides emerged.
A)True
B)False
61
A veterinary oncologist, Karen Oberthaler, author of "Treat People Like Dogs," says that the real challenge when facing the death of a loved one—human or animal—is:
A)coming to grips with the reality of the situation.
B)deciding what tests to perform.
C)knowing the patient's medical history.
D)establishing cost guidelines.
62
A person's feelings and reaction connected to the loss of a pet, as described in "When a Cherished Pet Dies," are likely to depend on all of the following except:
A)whether or not some pet has always been a part of a person's life.
B)the nature of the relationship with the pet.
C)how long the pet was part of the person's life.
D)if the death was sudden or gradual.
63
People should seek professional counseling to help them cope with their grief over losing a pet, as mentioned in "When a Cherished Pet Dies," if they:
A)do not find their friends and family supportive.
B)continue to become upset at seeing other people with their pets.
C)find their sadness or pain has grown over time.
D)have no desire to ever have another pet.
64
For many people, as explained in "When a Cherished Pet Dies," the loss of a loved pet means the loss of a significant relationship.
A)True
B)False
65
Oscar the cat, as explained in "Book Profiles Furry Angel of Death," responds to the imminent deaths of people in the nursing home where he lives by:
A)bringing them small gifts.
B)avoiding their rooms.
C)snuggling alongside them.
D)refusing to eat.
66
The nursing home originally adopted the cat Oscar, as reported in "Book Profiles Furry Angel of Death," because:
A)one of the residents refused to part with him when she moved in.
B)the staff believes it makes the facility more homelike.
C)children were more willing to visit if they could also play with the cat.
D)he showed up one day and would not leave.
67
Oscar, as noted in "Book Profiles Furry Angel of Death," spends a great deal of time with each of the residents of the nursing home, even when they are not close to death.
A)True
B)False
68
The end-of-life care Kramer is receiving, as presented in "Veterinary Hospice," is mainly focused on keeping his tumor in check:
A)so the cancer does not spread.
B)so it can eventually be removed entirely.
C)with extensive chemotherapy.
D)to minimize discomfort and enable him to eat.
69
Although her initial visit is intended to detect pain in an animal, as described in "Veterinary Hospice," Dr. Liz Palmer believes it is equally important to assess:
A)the care the animal has received throughout its life.
B)the animal's home environment.
C)how prepared the family is to care for a dying pet.
D)any medical conditions that may have been overlooked or misdiagnosed.
70
Most veterinarians practicing end-of-life care, as cited in "Veterinary Hospice," believe that euthanasia is employed too late and that animals are often suffering longer than they should.
A)True
B)False
71
The author of "What Living Wills Won't Do" warns that, as the population ages, we are entering a period in which death will often be preceded by:
A)vexing legal questions.
B)long-term dementia.
C)palliative care.
D)extended hospital or hospice stays.
72
As explained in "What Living Wills Won't Do," the author notes that the only fully autonomous death is:
A)execution.
B)by accident.
C)suicide.
D)during sleep.
73
The author of "What Living Wills Won't Do" urges readers to consider the need for moral libertarianism and liberal proceduralism in clarifying the roles of caregivers, citizens, and doctors.
A)True
B)False
74
As quoted in "The Comfort Connection," Dr. Diane Meier believes strongly that palliative care should not be:
A)considered as important as curative care.
B)administered to hypochondriac patients.
C)a specialized field.
D)the death team.
75
As stated in "The Comfort Connection," traditional doctors focus only on the disease, while Dr. Meier shifts the balance to:
A)research and recovery.
B)statistics of survival.
C)quality of life.
D)dignified death.
76
As defined in "The Comfort Connection," palliative care is essentially synonymous with hospice care.
A)True
B)False
77
As mentioned in "Ethics and Life's Ending: An Exchange," the terms "ordinary" and "extraordinary," when applied to the medical treatments used to prolong life, have been replaced for some by the terms:
A)traditional and modern.
B)proportionate and disproportionate.
C)palliative and surgical.
D)covered and not covered.
78
According to Robert Orr, as cited in "Ethics and Life's Ending: An Exchange," the two treatments that always remain obligatory are:
A)providing food and water.
B)symptom control and human presence.
C)assisting respiration and monitoring heartbeat.
D)those outlined in a patient's advance directive.
79
As explained in "Ethics and Life's Ending: An Exchange," withholding artificially administered fluids and nutrition from someone unable to swallow results in death from starvation within two weeks.
A)True
B)False
80
One study, as cited in "When Students Kill Themselves, Colleges May Get the Blame," found that college students, when compared to people in the same age group in the general population, commit suicide:
A)at a lower rate.
B)at a higher rate.
C)at about the same rate.
D)more often by overdosing on pills and alcohol and less often with firearms.
81
According to "When Students Kill Themselves, Colleges May Get the Blame," common claims made by grieving families of students who committed suicide, when filing lawsuits against universities, include all of the following claims EXCEPT that the institution:
A)put the student in harm's way.
B)failed to recognize the warning signs of potential suicide.
C)placed undue academic and social pressure on the student.
D)mishandled the emergency response to the suicide attempt.
82
As cited in "When Students Kill Themselves, Colleges May Get the Blame," fewer than 20 percent of students who seriously consider suicide have received either therapy or antidepressant medication.
A)True
B)False
83
As explained in "The Contemporary American Funeral," in order for grief to occur in most cases, a person:
A)needs to attend the funeral.
B)must have loved the deceased.
C)should view the body of the deceased.
D)needs to cry.
84
As mentioned in "The Contemporary American Funeral," in America a funeral is generally an occasion to which no one is invited but:
A)people are expected to come.
B)newspaper notification is considered sufficient.
C)all may come.
D)family.
85
As cited in "The Contemporary American Funeral," Erich Lindemann believes that viewing the body of the deceased is important so that bereaved persons can accept the finality of death.
A)True
B)False
86
As described in "How Different Religions Pay Their Final Respects," most elements of contemporary burials are characterized by:
A)sacred rituals.
B)respect for the individuality of the deceased.
C)fear of the afterlife.
D)concerns for future generations of the community.
87
As quoted in "Green Graveyards--A Natural Way to Go," Billy Campbell maintains that the burials at Ramsey Creek Preserve honor the idea of:
A)dust to dust.
B)respecting the wishes of the deceased.
C)natural selection.
D)transcendentalism.
88
As noted in "Green Graveyards--A Natural Way to Go," as compared with conventional funerals, burials at Ramsey Creek Preserve cost:
A)about the same.
B)quite a bit more because each site requires more land.
C)less than half as much.
D)as little or as much as the family decides to spend.
89
As disclosed in "Green Graveyards--A Natural Way to Go," Tyler Cassity has been a consultant for the HBO television series "Six Feet Under".
A)True
B)False
90
As stated in "Social Workers' Final Act of Service," the legal term used in reference to people whose estates lack the resources to pay for final arrangements independently is:
A)indigent.
B)impoverished.
C)destitute.
D)insolvent.
91
As reported in "Social Workers' Final Act of Service," at a minimum, almost every U.S. resident is entitled to receive a:
A)$255 Social Security death benefit.
B)$540 post-mortem preparation.
C)$400 burial.
D)a death-amenity U.S. flag.
92
As clarified in "Social Workers' Final Act of Service," the NIH's annual statistics for fetal mortalities are now included in the total count of deaths in the United States.
A)True
B)False
93
As pointed out in "The Grieving Process," Thomas Attig makes an important distinction between grief and:
A)sadness.
B)the grieving process.
C)loss.
D)the mourning period.
94
As the authors of "The Grieving Process" note, it is not difficult to see similarities between Kavanaugh's seven behaviors and feelings of the grieving process and the:
A)seven deadly sins.
B)five stages of the dying process identified by Kubler-Ross.
C)stages of man identified by Shakespeare.
D)stages involved in healing after the loss of a relationship through divorce.
95
As asserted in "The Grieving Process," denial is a common experience among the newly bereaved, and it serves positive functions in the process of adaptation.
A)True
B)False
96
Disenfranchised grief, as described in "Disenfranchised Grief," is grief that:
A)cannot be publicly expressed through traditional means.
B)is delayed because the mourner is unable to acknowledge fully the loss.
C)is felt for a celebrity or public figure by people who did not personally know the deceased.
D)is focused on a person or event other than the appropriate one.
97
The author of "Enhancing the Concept of Disenfranchised Grief" makes all of the following points about disenfranchised grief EXCEPT that it:
A)is usually confined to the structural elements of bereavement or to grief understood in a kind of global way.
B)can apply to any or all of the key structural elements in bereavement-relationships, losses, and grievers.
C)involves more than merely overlooking or forgetting to take note of certain types of bereavement and grief.
D)resonates with the experiences of many bereaved persons and of many clinicians and scholars.
98
In today's society, as presented in "The Increasing Prevalence of Complicated Mourning: The Onslaught Is Just Beginning," technological achievements may result in:
A)fewer instances of complicated mourning.
B)greater numbers of people experiencing complicated mourning.
C)new definitions of complicated mourning.
D)better practices for dealing with complicated mourning.
99
As presented in "Counseling With Children in Contemporary Society," grief counseling with a child is most beneficial when it:
A)focuses solely on the child and his or her loss.
B)is aimed at helping the child move past grief and get on with his or her life.
C)includes the child's family, friends, school, and other support systems.
D)does not directly address the fearful aspects of death.
100
As suggested in "Counseling With Children in Contemporary Society," a child who feels responsible for his sister's death because he wished that she was dead is probably in the developmental stage identified by Piaget as:
A)concrete operations.
B)prepositional operations.
C)cognitive operations.
D)pre-operational.
101
As noted in "Counseling With Children in Contemporary Society, "children tend to deal with all types of death in the same way, whether the death is a result of suicide, illness, homicide, or another cause.
A)True
B)False
102
The grieving mother of a victim of the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, as portrayed in "A Grim Fight for 'Proper Burial'," wants New York City to:
A)make Ground Zero a permanent memorial.
B)continue the effort to identify victims' DNA in the site's debris.
C)turn over to the federal government the responsibility of identifying remains.
D)make substantial payments to relatives of victims.
103
The sense of continuity parents experience through their children, as put forth in "Parents and the Death of a Child," can contribute to:
A)over-inflated expectations for a child.
B)indulgence of grandchildren, in spite of strict upbringing of children.
C)a denial of the parents' own deaths.
D)over-protectiveness of a child, as parents seek to minimize their own mistakes.
104
Generally, as described in "Parents and the Death of a Child," five years after the death of a child the only physical symptom of grief to remain is:
A)physical exhaustion.
B)insomnia.
C)heart palpitations.
D)gastrointestinal disturbances.
105
As with any other loss, as pointed out in "Parents and the Death of a Child," the traditional symptoms of unresolved grief are just as abnormal and damaging when applied to parental loss.
A)True
B)False
106
The death of a spouse, as explained in "Coping with the Loss of Loved Ones," can result in feelings of disorientation, uncertainty, and confusion as one must:
A)adjust to living alone.
B)offer comfort to children as well as deal with personal grief.
C)take on tasks and roles previously carried out by the deceased.
D)form entirely new plans for the future.
107
Among people who have lost a loved one, as put forth in "Coping with the Loss of Loved Ones," the largest group to report mental-health problems afterwards are those who lost someone to:
A)an accident.
B)childhood disease.
C)crime.
D)suicide.
108
According to "Coping with the Loss of a Loved One," people who lose someone with whom they have a close relationship are often surrounded by others who are grieving, which can add to the overall emotional stress.
A)True
B)False





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