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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ch. 11, Learning to be a Public Servant and Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do most people fear self-knoweldge?
(a) because they fear knowing who they are
(b) because they fear losing love from others if they try
(c) because they feel it is discovering secret things about themselves
(d) because they feel it is discovering only bad things about themselves

2. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say is necessary to accept if one is to obtain self-knowledge?
(a) one's own limitations
(b) one's own anger
(c) one's own individuality
(d) one's own pride

3. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, what is the most obvious form of readjustment?
(a) readjustment for aging
(b) readjustment for learning a new skill
(c) readjustment for adolescence
(d) readjustment for reaching a goal

4. What journey does Eleanor Roosevelt describe as being one of great influences of her childhood?
(a) the journey to Italy
(b) the journey to Great Britain
(c) the journey to France
(d) the journey to Washington, D.C.

5. What are men taught to do from their youth?
(a) protect
(b) dominate
(c) succeed
(d) provide

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Eleanor Roosevelt filled with misgivings at the end of her book?

2. How did Eleanor Roosevelt train her memory as young child?

3. What does Miss Hickok do to cope with her own personal health disaster?

4. What example does Eleanor Roosevelt use as a way to describe how to accept others?

5. What else do people need in conjunction with a book education?

(see the answer key)

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