Test Bank for Death, Society, and Human
Experience 13th Edition by Robert
Kastenbaum & Christopher M. Moreman
Complete Chapters 1-15| A+ PASS
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, Chapter 1: As We Think About De
ath MULTIPLE-
CHOICE QUESTIONS
1.0. Kastenbaum observed that Hollywood portrayals of death emphasize all the following EXC
EPT 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
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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 whe
ther their portrayal of death serves to death.
a) coldly analyze
b) expose the emotions surrounding
c) depersonalize
d) mystify.
Difficulty: 3
Page reference: 6 Ans
wer: c) depersonalize
3.0. The
is a person who is quick to introduce a fatalistic statement, often as an attem
pt to end a discussion about death before it begins.
a) listener
b) fatalist
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,c) silencer
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, d) instigator.
Difficulty: 3
Page reference: 6 Ans
wer: c) silencer
4.0. The leading cause of death for the population in general is:
a) suicide
b) motor vehicle accident
c) heart disease
d) cancer.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 12 Ans
wer: c) heart disease
5.0. The earliest childhood memory reported by most adults is an experience of:
a) joy
b) death
c) anger
d) sadness.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 12 Ans
wer: b) death
6.0. Of the 100 individuals Jack Kevorkian —assisted‖ in death, how many were terminally ill?
a) one half
b) more than one-half
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Experience 13th Edition by Robert
Kastenbaum & Christopher M. Moreman
Complete Chapters 1-15| A+ PASS
Page | 1
, Chapter 1: As We Think About De
ath MULTIPLE-
CHOICE QUESTIONS
1.0. Kastenbaum observed that Hollywood portrayals of death emphasize all the following EXC
EPT 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 whe
ther their portrayal of death serves to death.
a) coldly analyze
b) expose the emotions surrounding
c) depersonalize
d) mystify.
Difficulty: 3
Page reference: 6 Ans
wer: c) depersonalize
3.0. The
is a person who is quick to introduce a fatalistic statement, often as an attem
pt to end a discussion about death before it begins.
a) listener
b) fatalist
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,c) silencer
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, d) instigator.
Difficulty: 3
Page reference: 6 Ans
wer: c) silencer
4.0. The leading cause of death for the population in general is:
a) suicide
b) motor vehicle accident
c) heart disease
d) cancer.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 12 Ans
wer: c) heart disease
5.0. The earliest childhood memory reported by most adults is an experience of:
a) joy
b) death
c) anger
d) sadness.
Difficulty: 1
Page reference: 12 Ans
wer: b) death
6.0. Of the 100 individuals Jack Kevorkian —assisted‖ in death, how many were terminally ill?
a) one half
b) more than one-half
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