Understanding Death, Grief, and Coping Quiz

Test your knowledge of thanatology with questions on stages of grief, coping models, mourning terms, and psychological theories related to death and loss.

#1

Which stage of grief involves bargaining?

Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Acceptance
#2

Who proposed the five stages of grief model?

Sigmund Freud
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Carl Jung
Albert Ellis
#3

What is the term for a ritualistic activity or ceremony performed after someone's death?

Funeral
Wake
Memorial
Interment
#4

Which term describes a person who is hired to help plan and organize funeral services?

Mortician
Funeral director
Grief counselor
Burial coordinator
#5

What is the term for a support group where people who have experienced similar losses come together to share their experiences?

Grief circle
Loss group
Bereavement club
Grief support group
#6

What is the term for the period of time following a death when mourning customs are observed?

Grief period
Mourning period
Bereavement period
Loss period
#7

What is the term for grief that is unresolved and debilitating, often causing prolonged suffering?

Complicated grief
Normal grief
Delayed grief
Chronic grief
#8

What is the term for an individual's unique way of grieving?

Bereavement
Mourning
Grief reaction
Grieving style
#9

What is the term for a sudden and intense feeling of grief or sadness, often triggered by reminders of the deceased?

Pang of grief
Wave of grief
Burst of grief
Surge of grief
#10

What is the term for a form of grief that occurs before a death, such as anticipating the loss of a loved one?

Anticipatory grief
Pre-grief
Premonitory grief
Future grief
#11

Which psychological theory emphasizes the importance of continuing bonds with the deceased?

Attachment Theory
Cognitive Dissonance Theory
Psychoanalytic Theory
Behavioral Theory
#12

What is the term for a sudden, unexpected, and traumatic death, often resulting from accidents or violent incidents?

Natural death
Expected death
Traumatic death
Unforeseen death
#13

Which theorist introduced the Dual Process Model of Coping with Bereavement?

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
William Worden
Colin Murray Parkes
Margaret Stroebe and Henk Schut
#14

According to Attachment Theory, what are the four phases of mourning?

Shock, anger, bargaining, acceptance
Protest, despair, detachment, reorganization
Denial, depression, acceptance, integration
Shock, sadness, acceptance, resolution
#15

Which term describes the phenomenon where a person dies within a short time after their spouse's death?

Bereavement death
Widower effect
Spousal bereavement syndrome
Broken heart syndrome
#16

According to William Worden's Four Tasks of Mourning, which task involves adjusting to an environment without the deceased?

Acceptance
Exploring feelings
Finding meaning
Reorganizing
#17

According to Colin Murray Parkes, what are the three phases of grief?

Shock, anger, acceptance
Numbness, yearning, reorganization
Denial, bargaining, depression
Protest, despair, detachment
#18

Which theorist proposed the concept of disenfranchised grief?

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
William Worden
Kenneth Doka
Colin Murray Parkes

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