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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 does Eleanor Roosevelt think mankind should do with those who are ready to retire?
(a) mankind should use their experienced people
(b) mankind should provide sustainable living for retirees
(c) mankind should provide health care for retirees
(d) mankind should allow more volunteer work

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

3. What does Miss Hickok do to cope with her own personal health disaster?
(a) she writes children's stories
(b) she creates art for children
(c) she learns a new language
(d) she starts a volunteer organization

4. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say is a mistake to never make when traveling abroad?
(a) eating the wrong foods
(b) attempting a language that you do not know
(c) not knowing the customs of other people
(d) drinking the water in underdeveloped countries

5. What is retirement, according to Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) a waste of resources
(b) a time to do what one finally wants to do
(c) a time to excel to ones potential
(d) a waste of good health

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do women have an advantage over men?

2. According to Ms. Roosevelt, what must people acquire the ability to do?

3. What are many people afraid to use in their own lives that might truly benefit them and their personal dreams?

4. What does Miss Hickok lose?

5. According to Ms. Roosevelt, what does meeting and overcoming an impossible situation teach people?

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