Ruth Regards Death as a Mandate to Live Ever More

question 86

Multiple Choice

Ruth regards death as a mandate to live ever more fully.In discussing her images of dying,Ruth is most likely to say,

• A) "In a way, I feel like I'm already dead."
• B) "After reading everything I could about my disease, I realized for the first time in my life I can handle anything."
• C) "I've looked death in the eye, and now I'm really living."
• D) "When I start to think too much about my illness, I recite the lyrics to my favorite songs."

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Definitions:

Inversely

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Sixth Root

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Constant of Proportionality

The fixed value that relates two proportional quantities.

Directly Proportional

A relationship between two variables wherein they increase or decrease at the same ratio.