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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes the inevitable and natural experience of death easier according to Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) good friends
(b) a strong family
(c) belief in God
(d) one's own inner calm

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

3. What is the title of the poem that Mrs. Cowles younger sister writes about Mrs. Cowles?
(a) Fortunate Soldier
(b) Pain and Growth
(c) Soldier of Pain
(d) Solider of Fortune

4. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say should be interwoven into an organized stretch of time so as to prepare for unexpected things?
(a) tight details
(b) flexibility
(c) empty time slots
(d) Plan B

5. What does "You Learn By Living" ultimately provide for the reader?
(a) answers
(b) justice
(c) hope
(d) clarity

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

7. What kind of fears do more harm?
(a) reasonable fears
(b) imaginary fears
(c) irrational fears
(d) unresolved fears

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

9. What example does Eleanor Roosevelt use as a way to describe how to accept others?
(a) husbands not willing to cook and clean
(b) husbands not helping with raising children
(c) husbands forgetting birthdays and anniversaries
(d) husbands forgetting to clean up after themselves

10. What do the people want to learn from Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) The people want to learn what Eleanor Roosevelt has learned in her own lifetime.
(b) The people want to learn how to life a bold life
(c) The people want to learn what it is like to be political and diplomatic
(d) The people want to learn how to be Presidential

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

12. What does Eleanor Roosevelt encourage her readers to take into consideration when they weight the content of her book?
(a) that one method is how she became successful
(b) that one method can be limiting
(c) that one method does not work for everyone
(d) that one method is the best solution for learning

13. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, when someone lets another person down, what is the best way to handle that situation?
(a) accept others shortcomings
(b) write a letter to the other person
(c) move on to a more positive conversation
(d) let the person know they let you down

14. What is the most important thing for people to not neglect as they enter adulthood, and, throughout their life?
(a) their own development
(b) their physical appearance
(c) their religion
(d) their spiritual nature

15. What condition is the worst stumbling block for most people?
(a) anxiety
(b) depression
(c) fear
(d) loneliness

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Eleanor require James to read in the midst of the family?

2. According to Ms. Roosevelt, what are the most important ingredients in a child's education?

3. What is the name of Eleanor's teacher at a French school in England?

4. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, what is the best way people learn?

5. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say can become a danger if one becomes too absorbed in it?

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