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

2. What journey does Eleanor Roosevelt describe as being one of great influences of her childhood?
(a) the journey to France
(b) the journey to Italy
(c) the journey to Great Britain
(d) the journey to Washington, D.C.

3. What do most of the people who admire Eleanor Roosevelt want to know about her life?
(a) how she became the First Lady
(b) how she planned her career
(c) how she was able to stay strong through hard times
(d) how see fell in love and married

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

5. What instigated the writing of "You Learn By Living"?
(a) a response to letters
(b) a request by the President
(c) a response to criticism
(d) a response to the people's despair

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the three environments in which people obtain their education?

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

3. What is the question that children most ask?

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

5. What kinds of experience must people learn from?

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