1. What is the name of Eleanor's teacher at a French school in England?
(a) Mlle. Tautou
(b) Mlle. Chantel
(c) Mlle. Souvestre
(d) Mlle. Moreau

2. Who raised Eleanor Roosevelt from the age of seven?
(a) her father
(b) her cousin
(c) her aunt
(d) her grandmother

3. What else do people need in conjunction with a book education?
(a) people need the stimulus of the exchanging of ideas with others
(b) people need the stimulus of a heirarchy to climb
(c) people need to see examples for themselves
(d) people need to experience the kinesthetics of an event to fully understand

4. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say is absolutely necessary to keep in life since knowledge often changes?
(a) flexibility of circumstance
(b) flexibility of character
(c) flexibility of body
(d) flexibility of mind

5. What is the title of the poem that Mrs. Cowles younger sister writes about Mrs. Cowles?
(a) Solider of Fortune
(b) Pain and Growth
(c) Fortunate Soldier
(d) Soldier of Pain

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. According to Ms. Roosevelt, what are the most important ingredients in a child's education?

3. How is one's philosophy best expressed?

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

5. What does Ms. Roosevelt say is more important than experience, especially in children?

(see the answer key)

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