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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ch. 4, The Difficult Art of Maturity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What play is Eleanor Roosevelt forbidden to attend?
(a) Antigone
(b) The Cherry Orchard
(c) Much Ado About Nothing
(d) Tess of of D'Urbervilles

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

3. What will mature people do for themselves even though no one else may see or even notice?
(a) eliminate faults in themselves
(b) eliminate faults in others
(c) eliminate potential challenges and obstacles
(d) eliminate emotional baggage

4. What is Eleanor Roosevelt's philosophy about how different things work for different people?
(a) Everyone is cut from the same cloth
(b) Everyone deserves a second chance
(c) Everyone is an individual
(d) Everyone can succeed

5. What do Eleanor Roosevelt's children think of her friends?
(a) they find them thrilling
(b) they find them too old to relate to
(c) they find them interesting
(d) they find them boring

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eleanor Roosevelt think that trying to change someone does?

2. What are Eleanor Roosevelt's two remedies for weariness caused by over-activity?

3. What does Eleanor Roosevelt claim she does not have in regards to life and living?

4. Why do most people fear self-knoweldge?

5. What does self-knowledge require?

(see the answer key)

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