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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ch. 8, How to Get the Best Out of People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What play is Eleanor Roosevelt forbidden to attend?
(a) Much Ado About Nothing
(b) Tess of of D'Urbervilles
(c) The Cherry Orchard
(d) Antigone

2. How does one young man offend an office full of people in Japan?
(a) the man bows down
(b) the man does not attempt to speak Japanese
(c) the man dresses inappropriately
(d) the man suggests gender equality

3. How does Eleanor Roosevelt overcome her fear of nearly everything as a timid child?
(a) through self-discipline
(b) through self-esteem
(c) through self-preservation
(d) through self-efficacy

4. What historical people does Eleanor Roosevelt compare the modern world to in regards to describing the irrationality of fear?
(a) the courage of the Pilgrims
(b) the courage of the First Explorers
(c) the courage of the Native Americans
(d) the courage of the Founding Fathers

5. What profession is Helen Gahagan Douglass professionally trained for?
(a) a nurse
(b) a schoolteacher
(c) a seamstress
(d) an actress

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Eleanor do in order to attend the play in which she is forbidden to see?

3. What are men taught to do from their youth?

4. What do many people fear in regards to the world at large?

5. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say is a mistake to never make when traveling abroad?

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