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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. Wooden says people shouldn't be afraid to do what?
(a) Love one another.
(b) Step outside of their comfort zones.
(c) Fail.
(d) Succeed.

2. Wooden says that "team spirit" is something a person must be what?
(a) Trying to do.
(b) Eager to do.
(c) Able to do.
(d) Willing to do.

3. Three elements that strongly influenced Wooden's ideas on success are his faith, ideas on morality, and what?
(a) Personal achievements.
(b) Grade school teachers.
(c) UCLA.
(d) Family.

4. Aside from sharing a knowledge of the game, how does Wooden help his team win?
(a) He makes his team play harder than the other team.
(b) He brings the parents to every game.
(c) He brings his team together.
(d) He doesn't allow his players to have social lives at school.

5. The three blocks placed between the first two in Wooden's diagram are: friendship, loyalty, and what?
(a) Determination.
(b) Innovation.
(c) Cooperation.
(d) Idealism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wooden say about his players' lives and problems?

2. A willingness to work hard is termed by Wooden as what?

3. Why does Wooden want his players to have zero creases in their socks?

4. What does Wooden say a coach has to do for his team?

5. What does Wooden say that discipline is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the three priorities (in order of importance) Wooden feels every UCLA player should keep in mind?

2. What are the two blocks that Wooden uses to introduce his image of a pyramid to his readers?

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

4. What are three ways that Wooden makes sure his players are ready for "physiological warfare"?

5. How does Wooden end "Wooden"?

6. Why does Wooden feel that parents shouldn't necessarily be concerned that their children aren't getting high grades?

7. When does Wooden say he knew it was time to retire from coaching at UCLA?

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

9. Aside from the center block on Wooden's pyramid of success, what other blocks are in the middle row?

10. What three blocks are located between the first two blocks that Wooden describes when defining his pyramid of success? What do all five blocks make up?

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