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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eleanor Roosevelt offer in order to steer others from pitfalls?
(a) guideposts
(b) prayers
(c) sayings
(d) hard and fast rules

2. What do many people fear in regards to the world at large?
(a) the dangers of the world and civilization
(b) the uncertainty of the world and its future
(c) the instability of the world
(d) the end of the world

3. According to Ms. Roosevelt, what are the most important ingredients in a child's education?
(a) curiosity, strength, trust, and resilience
(b) curiosity, fortitude, prudence, and cunning
(c) curiosity, interest, imagination, and a sense of adventure
(d) curiosity, challenge, danger, and fortitude

4. What do many American businessmen do which alienates their wives and denies their children of a relationship with their father?
(a) separate their work life from their home life
(b) work long hours
(c) succumb to their drive and ambition
(d) bring work problems home to the family

5. What does Eleanor Roosevelt encourage her readers to take into consideration when they weight the content of her book?
(a) that one method is the best solution for learning
(b) that one method can be limiting
(c) that one method is how she became successful
(d) that one method does not work for everyone

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the inevitable and natural experience of death easier according to Eleanor Roosevelt?

2. What is Eleanor Roosevelt's aunt, Mrs. Cowles, more unique than most adults?

3. What is every individual responsible for?

4. What is the most important thing for people to not neglect as they enter adulthood, and, throughout their life?

5. What essentially changes when family income changes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Eleanor Roosevelt view retirement?

2. What is the third tip and example that Eleanor Roosevelt gives about using time wisely?

3. Describe what the book provides for the individual reader?

4. What does Eleanor Roosevelt warn against when one begins to have children and start a family and why does she suggest this?

5. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, how is one's philosophy best expressed?

6. Eleanor Roosevelt says that courage comes from sheer desperation in having to face the inevitable. How does she demonstrate this principle?

7. What is so important about imagination, especially in regards to children?

8. What is the fourth tip and example that Eleanor Roosevelt gives about using time wisely?

9. Why type of book is "You Learn by Living" and who is it the author?

10. What does Eleanor Roosevelt feel is the most influential factor in her life that has lead to her success?

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