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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) irrational fears
(b) unresolved fears
(c) imaginary fears
(d) reasonable fears

2. What does Ms. Roosevelt say is more important than experience, especially in children?
(a) a good heart
(b) stamina
(c) imagination
(d) an open mind

3. Why does Eleanor require James to read in the midst of the family?
(a) James will not bother others if he reads
(b) James will learn to concentrate
(c) James will be able to share what he's read with others
(d) James will learn if he likes to read

4. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, what is the best way people learn?
(a) by rigorous challenges
(b) through their own mistakes
(c) through watching others fail
(d) by mentorship

5. What is the name of the people who throw the dinner party in which Eleanor makes an unsuccessful attempt at playing her newly learned conversational game?
(a) Governor and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge
(b) The Queen of England
(c) The President and First Lady of France
(d) President and Mrs. Wilson

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say should be interwoven into an organized stretch of time so as to prepare for unexpected things?

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

3. Where does courage sometimes come from?

4. What are Eleanor Roosevelt's two remedies for weariness caused by over-activity?

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

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