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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 so few people become public servants?
(a) because the risk is bigger than the reward
(b) because it is hard work
(c) because it is public work
(d) because it holds an uncertain future

2. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say is necessary about working in the modern world with different cultures and different races?
(a) it is important to have tolerance
(b) it is important to respect one's own culture and race
(c) it is important to remain an individual in the midst of culture
(d) it is important to learn new customs and modes of thought

3. How does Eleanor Roosevelt describe the art of maturity?
(a) clever
(b) decisive
(c) elegant
(d) difficult

4. What does Eleanor Roosevelt claim is inevitable?
(a) success
(b) death
(c) love
(d) change

5. 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) The President and First Lady of France
(c) The Queen of England
(d) President and Mrs. Wilson

Short Answer Questions

1. What is each citizen's minimum duty?

2. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say is an important subject to study in order to become more informed about politics?

3. What does Laura say to her nieces and nephews regarding their use of time?

4. What do many American businessmen do which alienates their wives and denies their children of a relationship with their father?

5. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, what is self-knowledge mainly about?

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