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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wooden try to do with his players' internal prides?

2. What happens to UCLA students who make social interactions their first priorities?

3. What does Wooden say about "enthusiasm"?

4. Throughout his career, what percentage of Wooden's players received their diplomas?

5. For Wooden (in terms of his success schematic), skill goes hand in hand with what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What elements make up the "mortar" of Wooden's pyramid of success? Why does he choose these elements?

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

5. How do Wooden's beliefs regarding morality affect the way he's put his pyramid of success together?

6. How does Wooden discuss his retirement from coaching during Part 3 of "Wooden"?

7. Why doesn't Wooden believe that a leader should motivate with fear of discipline?

8. 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?

9. From where did Wooden get his ideas for his pyramid of success?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Abraham Lincoln is referenced several times during "Wooden." When and why does Wooden choose to use Abraham Lincoln to make his points? What are those points?

Essay Topic 2

At the beginning of the book, Wooden flashes back to his childhood and early years. What purpose does this type of flashback serve in terms of the rest of his book (e.g. how it supports his pyramid of success, how it sets the stage for his coaching techniques, etc.)?

Essay Topic 3

Wooden doesn't come out and directly state everything; instead, he allows the reader to make some inferences. What can the reader infer about the following topics based on what's written throughout "Wooden"? Be specific in your answer.

1. Wooden's relationship with his children.

2. Wooden's relationship with Kareem Abdul-Jabar.

3. Wooden's personal library.

4. Wooden's method of writing "Wooden."

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