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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) self-improvement advice
(b) challenging advice
(c) humanitarian advice
(d) solution-seeking advice

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

3. What kind of person does Eleanor Roosevelt describe as being unhappy and thus having no idea what to do with their time?
(a) a mother whose children have grown and left home
(b) a woman who has a career and a family
(c) a man who has two careers
(d) a father who is left to look after his children

4. What two types of trips does Eleanor Roosevelt make?
(a) to lecture and to accompany her husband
(b) to travel for the AAUN and to promote literacy
(c) to lecture or to travel for the AAUN
(d) to travel for the AAUN and to shop

5. Above all else, what does Eleanor Roosevelt wish for all her reader do in regard to the uses of time?
(a) use time for personal improvement
(b) use time to create a better life
(c) use time as a means to an end
(d) use time wisely

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is overcoming one's fears considered, if looked at it positively?

3. How does Eleanor Roosevelt diminish her fear of the dark?

4. What does Eleanor Roosevelt think mankind should do with those who are ready to retire?

5. What is the most important thing for people to not neglect as they enter adulthood, and, throughout their life?

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