"Love and Death" Self-Quiz

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. Empirical research in loss shows that . . .

People recover quicker from the loss of a loved one than is often presumed correct incorrect

Most people dont even feel an initial sense of grief correct incorrect

No generalizations can be made about how people respond to loss correct incorrect

Most people never fully recover after losing a loved one correct incorrect

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. Why might someone take our resilience to loss to indicate a lack of care, according to Moller?

Because resilience is antithetical to care correct incorrect

Because if you care about something, you think it is important correct incorrect

Because were often right when we imagine the loss of something that matters will cause us prolonged suffering correct incorrect

Because one indication that one cares about something is that one suffers deeply at its loss correct incorrect

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. Which of the following best characterizes what Moller calls the extreme view?

The common view that one never recovers from the loss of a loved one correct incorrect

The view that our resilience in the face of loss indicates things arent as important as they seem correct incorrect

The view that we dont care about anything, because were resilient about the loss of everything correct incorrect

The view that our resilience indicates that we dont actually care about our relationships correct incorrect

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. What does Moller mean by importance?

Moller means it has infinite Kantian worth correct incorrect

Moller means that something cant be replaced, and its absence makes a large difference correct incorrect

Moller means that something is fungible correct incorrect

Moller means that somethings loss is the kind of thing we cant recover from correct incorrect

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. For Moller . . .

Emotions just get in our way correct incorrect

Emotions are an important way we perceive value correct incorrect

Emotions hinder us from seeing things clearly correct incorrect

Emotions arent as important as theyve traditionally been thought to be correct incorrect

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. Moller suggests that we are more resilient to loss than we often think.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Moller holds that being resilient to loss means that we dont care about what we lost.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Moller holds that we are unable to care about anything because of our emotional adaptability.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect