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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Eleanor's teacher, what must children do with the information they learn?
(a) the must relate to it
(b) they must use it as a building block
(c) they must never forget it
(d) they must immerse themselves in it

2. What kind of advice does Eleanor Roosevelt offer to her readers?
(a) solution-seeking advice
(b) self-improvement advice
(c) challenging advice
(d) humanitarian advice

3. What two types of trips does Eleanor Roosevelt make?
(a) to lecture or to travel for the AAUN
(b) to lecture and to accompany her husband
(c) to travel for the AAUN and to shop
(d) to travel for the AAUN and to promote literacy

4. What is Eleanor Roosevelt terrified of as a young woman, but is forced to treat during World War I?
(a) small pox
(b) polio
(c) influenza
(d) insanity

5. What is every individual responsible for?
(a) his or her philosophies
(b) his or her actions
(c) his or her choices
(d) his or her thoughts

6. What is retirement, according to Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) a time to excel to ones potential
(b) a waste of resources
(c) a time to do what one finally wants to do
(d) a waste of good health

7. What else do people need in conjunction with a book education?
(a) people need to see examples for themselves
(b) people need to experience the kinesthetics of an event to fully understand
(c) people need the stimulus of the exchanging of ideas with others
(d) people need the stimulus of a heirarchy to climb

8. What quality does a mature person have that specifically sets them apart from the others?
(a) self-esteem
(b) self - control
(c) self-respect
(d) self-knowledge

9. Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) the winner of the Pulitzer Prize
(b) the former First Lady
(c) the first Congresswoman
(d) a Nobel Laureate

10. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, how are most readjustments caused?
(a) by age and dying
(b) by adolescence and change
(c) by war or relocation
(d) by domestic dispute

11. What is Eleanor Roosevelt's philosophy about how different things work for different people?
(a) Everyone is an individual
(b) Everyone can succeed
(c) Everyone deserves a second chance
(d) Everyone is cut from the same cloth

12. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say is the most influential factor in her life?
(a) an incessant determination to achieve
(b) an avid desire to experience all she could deeply
(c) a desire to be the best
(d) a drive to affect change on a political level

13. What does Eleanor Roosevelt offer in order to steer others from pitfalls?
(a) guideposts
(b) prayers
(c) sayings
(d) hard and fast rules

14. What does Eleanor Roosevelt think that trying to change someone does?
(a) alienates relationships
(b) backfires
(c) causes anger and frustration
(d) stifles individuality

15. What are many people afraid to use in their own lives that might truly benefit them and their personal dreams?
(a) their capabilities
(b) their skills
(c) their talents
(d) their confidence

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say is necessary to accept in others?

2. What is overcoming one's fears considered, if looked at it positively?

3. What are the best years of a women's life?

4. What kind of person does Eleanor Roosevelt describe as being unhappy and thus having no idea what to do with their time?

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

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