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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ch. 9, Facing Responsibility.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Eleanor Roosevelt overcome her fear of nearly everything as a timid child?
(a) through self-discipline
(b) through self-esteem
(c) through self-efficacy
(d) through self-preservation

2. Whose actions does Eleanor Roosevelt mimic in the White House so as to pay attention to individuals instead of groups of people?
(a) Her grandmother
(b) The Secretary of State
(c) Queen Elizabeth
(d) Her husband, the President of the United States

3. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say can become a danger if one becomes too absorbed in it?
(a) self-efficacy
(b) self-respect
(c) self-esteem
(d) self-evaluation

4. How does Eleanor Roosevelt's mother's cousin react after her husband's death?
(a) she becomes self-absorbed
(b) she engages in self-defeating behaviors
(c) she loses self-control
(d) she lapses into self-pity

5. What does James, Eleanor's son, have to do every day after becoming sick?
(a) take a daily nap
(b) eat a strict nutritional diet
(c) lie still for one hour each day
(d) go to be early every evening

Short Answer Questions

1. What will mature people do for themselves even though no one else may see or even notice?

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

3. What languages does Eleanor Roosevelt study as a small child?

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

5. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, what might retirement time be used for?

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