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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ch. 3, The Uses of Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of fears do more harm?
(a) unresolved fears
(b) imaginary fears
(c) reasonable fears
(d) irrational fears

2. How did Eleanor Roosevelt train her memory as young child?
(a) she memorized the Old Testament in Flemish
(b) she memorized the New Testament in German
(c) she memorized the Old Testament in French
(d) she memorized the New Testament in French

3. What does Eleanor Roosevelt encourage her readers to take into consideration when they weight the content of her book?
(a) that one method can be limiting
(b) that one method is how she became successful
(c) that one method is the best solution for learning
(d) that one method does not work for everyone

4. After one has children of their own, what does Eleanor Roosevelt guard against?
(a) giving up one's friends and interests
(b) listening only to her female friends and not her family
(c) alienating her husband
(d) allowing the child to run the house

5. How does Eleanor Roosevelt diminish her fear of the dark?
(a) She retrieves ice for her aunt in the dark
(b) She retrieves food for her aunt in the dark
(c) She retrieves medicine for her aunt in the dark
(d) She retrieves a blanket for her aunt in the dark

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "You Learn By Living"?

2. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, what is the best way people learn?

3. What is the name of Eleanor's teacher at a French school in England?

4. What instigated the writing of "You Learn By Living"?

5. What is the first piece of advice Eleanor Roosevelt has on how to use time wisely?

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