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

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

3. What is Eleanor Roosevelt's aunt, Mrs. Cowles, more unique than most adults?
(a) she's privleged
(b) she's deaf
(c) she's sure of herself
(d) she listens

4. Why did Eleanor Roosevelt choose to write a book?
(a) to gain popularity as a writer
(b) to reach out to those in need
(c) to gain political ground with her constituents
(d) to reach a greater number of people with her message

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say is the most influential factor in her life?

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

3. What kinds of experience must people learn from?

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

5. What is the title of the poem that Mrs. Cowles younger sister writes about Mrs. Cowles?

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