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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 is the first piece of advice Eleanor Roosevelt has on how to use time wisely?
(a) be present in the moment
(b) do not multitask
(c) compile tasks together
(d) retain an inner calm

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

3. What does self-knowledge require?
(a) heroics
(b) humility
(c) acceptance
(d) inner calm

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

5. What example does Eleanor Roosevelt use as a way to describe how to accept others?
(a) husbands forgetting birthdays and anniversaries
(b) husbands forgetting to clean up after themselves
(c) husbands not willing to cook and clean
(d) husbands not helping with raising children

Short Answer Questions

1. What instigated the writing of "You Learn By Living"?

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

3. What do many people fear in regards to the world at large?

4. Who's book does Eleanor Roosevelt accidentally tear a page in and is overwhelmed at the thought of displeasing them?

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

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