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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ch. 1, Learning to Live.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the question that children most ask?
(a) when?
(b) how?
(c) where?
(d) why?

2. What conversational game does Ruth Bryan Rohde explain to Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) the name game
(b) the alphabet game
(c) the numbers game
(d) the game of telephone

3. 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) The Queen of England
(b) Governor and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge
(c) The President and First Lady of France
(d) President and Mrs. Wilson

4. What is every individual responsible for?
(a) his or her philosophies
(b) his or her actions
(c) his or her thoughts
(d) his or her choices

5. What does "You Learn By Living" ultimately provide for the reader?
(a) justice
(b) hope
(c) answers
(d) clarity

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing that no human being can avoid, according to Eleanor Roosevelt?

2. What does the book provide for the reader in order for the reader to become successful?

3. What kind of advice does Eleanor Roosevelt offer to her readers?

4. What does Eleanor Roosevelt consider essential to keeping people feeling alive?

5. What journey does Eleanor Roosevelt describe as being one of great influences of her childhood?

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