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

2. The secondary layer of Wooden's diagram of reaching success includes which two elements?
(a) Realism and Pessimism.
(b) Greed and faith.
(c) Alertness and initiative.
(d) Love and hope.

3. Wooden says when you take initiative, there are times when what may happen?
(a) You may make a fool of yourself.
(b) You may make enemies.
(c) You may fail.
(d) You may make a profit.

4. Why does Wooden want his players to have zero creases in their socks?
(a) He doesn't give an explanation.
(b) So they look uniform on the court.
(c) So they don't get blisters.
(d) So they learn to listen to him.

5. When Wooden is critical of his players, he is critical because he feels how about them?
(a) He wants them to remember "who's boss."
(b) He thinks they are taking advantage of him.
(c) He doesn't want them getting "too big for their britches."
(d) He cares about them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shape does Wooden use to visually describe "success"?

2. Wooden's players may be seen as role models, but he doesn't want them to be thought of as what?

3. When does Wooden say he knew it was time for him to retire?

4. How does Wooden make sure his players push the other team to their limit?

5. At the top of Wooden's schematic are confidence and what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Wooden uses Abraham Lincoln to illustrate which of the four blocks that are at the second level of his pyramid of success? Why?

2. How does Wooden describe his tactical knowledge when it comes to basketball?

3. What does Wooden say about coaches that win through violence and anger?

4. Why does Wooden place a high importance on being a coach/teacher in terms of the coach-player relationship?

5. Wooden is not what he calls a "dictator style coach." In what ways does he differ from that type of coach?

6. What blocks are at the next-to-the-top location on Wooden's pyramid of success?

7. What are three ways that Wooden shows he cares about his players?

8. Despite the fact that Wooden doesn't like all his players, how does he treat them?

9. When it comes to winning championships, what two things does Wooden keep in mind?

10. Where does winning come into place in Wooden's pyramid of success?

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