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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ch. 9, Facing Responsibility.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of advice does Eleanor Roosevelt offer to her readers?
(a) humanitarian advice
(b) solution-seeking advice
(c) challenging advice
(d) self-improvement advice

2. How does keeping up with one's interests as well as one's joys in life affect the life of a child, according to Ms. Roosevelt?
(a) it teaches the child independence
(b) it teaches the child joy
(c) it teaches the child to be patient
(d) it teaches the child to respect his/her parents

3. What is essentially easier and more exhilarating than fear?
(a) courage
(b) success
(c) perseverance
(d) tenacity

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

5. Who is the author of "You Learn By Living"?
(a) Eleanor Roosevelt
(b) Franklin Delano Roosevelt
(c) Teddy Roosevelt
(d) Laura Roosevelt

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a parent's interests and array of different friends do for children?

2. Why is the United States often despised by other nations?

3. What state does Eleanor Roosevelt say is easy and even fatal to slip into?

4. What is Eleanor Roosevelt's philosophy about how different things work for different people?

5. What is the young couple offended by?

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