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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ch. 7, The Right to be an Individual.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a common problem that many households face in the United States?
(a) wanting to be free from the pressures of conformity
(b) desiring things they cannot have
(c) keeping up with the Joneses
(d) keeping up with their own ambitions

2. What is the goal of life?
(a) love
(b) happiness
(c) fulfillment
(d) joy

3. 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?
(a) Governor and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge
(b) President and Mrs. Wilson
(c) The Queen of England
(d) The President and First Lady of France

4. What does Ms. Roosevelt say is more important than experience, especially in children?
(a) a good heart
(b) stamina
(c) an open mind
(d) imagination

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eleanor Roosevelt encourage her readers to take into consideration when they weight the content of her book?

2. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, how are most readjustments caused?

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

4. What does Eleanor Roosevelt believe that one should do when dealing with the thing or event at hand?

5. What quality does a mature person have that specifically sets them apart from the others?

(see the answer key)

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