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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ch. 4, The Difficult Art of Maturity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eleanor Roosevelt believe about defining the role of a mature person?
(a) it is different for every individual
(b) it is nebulous
(c) it is always definite and unchanging
(d) it is always in need of revision

2. What are many people afraid to use in their own lives that might truly benefit them and their personal dreams?
(a) their talents
(b) their confidence
(c) their capabilities
(d) their skills

3. What does Eleanor Roosevelt believe one should set one's values in life on?
(a) things that are satisfying to the individual
(b) things that will placate the needs of others
(c) things that are satisfying to one's marriage or family
(d) things that will placate the needs of children

4. What will mature people do for themselves even though no one else may see or even notice?
(a) eliminate potential challenges and obstacles
(b) eliminate faults in themselves
(c) eliminate faults in others
(d) eliminate emotional baggage

5. What does Eleanor Roosevelt believe that one should do when dealing with the thing or event at hand?
(a) delegate
(b) break it into manageable pieces
(c) give some effort and then move on
(d) give it all of one's attention

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say that one must not demand from others?

2. What conversational game does Ruth Bryan Rohde explain to Eleanor Roosevelt?

3. What does the book provide for the reader in order for the reader to become successful?

4. Why do most people fear self-knoweldge?

5. What do Eleanor Roosevelt's children think of her friends?

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