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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wooden believes that the goals in life are the same as the goals in what?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Teaching.

2. What does Wooden call himself?
(a) A realistic optimist.
(b) A pessimistic optimist.
(c) A realistic pessimist.
(d) An optimistic coach.

3. How does Wooden handle his players' weaknesses?
(a) He helps them overcome them.
(b) He partners them with a stronger player.
(c) He expects them to work on those weaknesses themselves.
(d) He makes fun of them.

4. What role does Wooden feel the media has played in teams' winning and losing?
(a) He thinks the media has made it harder to be a "loser."
(b) He believes that the media doesn't talk enough about the losers.
(c) He thinks the media highlights winners just enough.
(d) He thinks that the media has finally struck a nice balance in their coverage.

5. Wooden thinks of himself mainly as a what?
(a) Mentor.
(b) Coach.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Throughout Part 2 of "Wooden," Wooden continues to emphasize his love for whom?

2. How does Wooden feel about his players who became famous as opposed to his players who didn't become famous?

3. Wooden suggests that people shouldn't focus on their what?

4. How does Wooden describe the way his parents worked?

5. What does Wooden quote throughout "Wooden"?

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