1. The Developing Person Through the Life Span, Ninth Edition by Kathleen Stassen Berger Clicker Question Presentation Slides Epilogue
Critical Thinking Questions created by Jason S. Spiegelman, The Community College of Baltimore County

2. Which country has legally permitted active euthanasia since 1980?
South Africa
the Netherlands
the Philippines
Mexico
Answer B

3. According to many sects of Hinduism, a person should:
die on the floor.
die in bed.
die in a hospital.
die in a church.
Answer C

4. What is the leading cause of death of 15- to 24-year-olds in the United States in the twenty-first century?
diseases
suicide
homicide
accidents
Answer D

5. Which of the following does research show is the most common reaction to the death of a spouse?
Most people are resilient and about as happy and productive as they were before the death 6 months later.
Most people were still experiencing significant grief four years after the death.
Most people were less depressed after the death than they were before.
Most people were still depressed after six months, and this lasted for around 18 months.
Answer A

6. What is the correct term for the scientific study of death and dying?
deathology
thanatology
scientology
respitology
Answer B

7. Critical Thinking Questions

8. Sarah asks her doctor to help her end her life using active euthanasia
Sarah asks her doctor to help her end her life using active euthanasia. If the doctor agrees, which of the following might the doctor do?
Take Sarah’s breathing tube out so that she cannot get enough oxygen.
Remove Sarah’s feeding tube so that she can get no nutrition.
Administer a lethal overdose of narcotics to Sarah.
Opt not to provide CPR if Sarah goes into cardiac arrest.
Answer C

9. Death is more spiritually accepted. Death takes longer.
Which of the following is NOT one of the changes that has occurred surrounding death in the past hundred years?
Death occurs later.
Death is more spiritually accepted.
Death takes longer.
Death occurs more in hospitals.
Answer B

10. Many who experienced the tragedy of the 9/11 terrorist attacks were not able fully to grieve the loss of loved ones because of the immediate security threat related to the attack. What kind of grief would those individuals have experienced?
disenfranchised grief
shared grief
absent grief
incomplete grief
Answer D