If one believes that death is a door, then
a. one will see death as an irrevocable evil
b. one will believe that there is no afterlife
c. one will be happy to die
d. one's attitude toward death will be influenced in somenot necessarily any obviousway
e. one will give up hope when one is dying
Question 2If a person believes that death is a wall
a. then necessarily that person also believes that death is always an evil
b. that person is less likely to want to be treated with artificial nutrition and hydration
c. he or she holds a belief similar to one of Socrates' beliefs
d. he or she will also believe that death is always a good
e. none of these
Question 3If one believes that death is a wall, then
a. one will see death as an irrevocable evil
b. one will hope to live on in some form of afterlife
c. one will be happy to die
d. one's attitude toward death will be influenced in somenot necessarily any obviousway
e. one will give up hope when one is dying
Question 4Feifel's portrayal of death as a door or a wall is meant to help us
a. plan for future implications after death
b. assess our lives
c. evaluate death
d. all of these
e. none of these
Question 5The Chinese Yin/Yang symbol
a. suggests that life and death are not simply opposites
b. is an image portraying the notion that wherever there is life there is also death
c. symbolically opposes the notion that life and death are direct contraries to each other
d. suggests that death never completely overcomes life
e. all of these
Question 6Violence at Virginia Tech University in April 2007 (Issues for Critical Reflection 18) shows
a. essential insecurity about our being can lead to overwhelming anxiety
b. society can do more to protect its members from killings like this
c. total security from tragedy is an illusion
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
Question 7How one thinks of the meaning of death
a. may affect how one thinks about the morality of euthanasia
b. may affect how one treats dying persons
c. may affect one's beliefs about suicide, but not necessarily in an obvious way
d. is likely to be related to philosophical or theological beliefs
e. all of these
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