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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 forgetting to clean up after themselves
(c) husbands forgetting birthdays and anniversaries
(d) husbands not helping with raising children

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

4. What is essentially easier and more exhilarating than fear?
(a) success
(b) courage
(c) tenacity
(d) perseverance

5. Who does Eleanor Roosevelt say has the ability to focus only on one thing at a time, and focus very well?
(a) herself
(b) her aunt
(c) her children
(d) her husband

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

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

8. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say is necessary to accept in others?
(a) the love in others
(b) the hope in others
(c) the weakness of others
(d) the limitations of others

9. What does Eleanor Roosevelt consider essential to keeping people feeling alive?
(a) prosperity
(b) adventure
(c) growth
(d) passion

10. Above all else, what does Eleanor Roosevelt wish for all her reader do in regard to the uses of time?
(a) use time for personal improvement
(b) use time wisely
(c) use time to create a better life
(d) use time as a means to an end

11. What does the book provide for the reader in order for the reader to become successful?
(a) love
(b) advice
(c) compassion
(d) encouragement

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 the best solution for learning
(b) that one method does not work for everyone
(c) that one method can be limiting
(d) that one method is how she became successful

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

14. How did Eleanor Roosevelt train her memory as young child?
(a) she memorized the New Testament in German
(b) she memorized the Old Testament in Flemish
(c) she memorized the Old Testament in French
(d) she memorized the New Testament in French

15. What is the name of Eleanor's teacher at a French school in England?
(a) Mlle. Tautou
(b) Mlle. Chantel
(c) Mlle. Moreau
(d) Mlle. Souvestre

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What historical people does Eleanor Roosevelt compare the modern world to in regards to describing the irrationality of fear?

3. How do unhappy people treat their time?

4. What journey does Eleanor Roosevelt describe as being one of great influences of her childhood?

5. What kinds of experience must people learn from?

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