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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What instigated the writing of "You Learn By Living"?
(a) a response to the people's despair
(b) a response to letters
(c) a response to criticism
(d) a request by the President

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

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

5. What does a parent's interests and array of different friends do for children?
(a) broadens their horizons
(b) makes them feel safe
(c) challenges them to be their best
(d) broadens their sense of self

6. What do many people fear in regards to the world at large?
(a) the instability of the world
(b) the dangers of the world and civilization
(c) the uncertainty of the world and its future
(d) the end of the world

7. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, what is self-knowledge mainly about?
(a) learning one's weaknesses
(b) learning one's desires
(c) learning one's inner strengths
(d) learning one's fears

8. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say is absolutely necessary to keep in life since knowledge often changes?
(a) flexibility of circumstance
(b) flexibility of body
(c) flexibility of mind
(d) flexibility of character

9. What must parents know about their children that will help their children dismantle their own fears and inhibitions?
(a) parents must know when children are ready to discipline themselves
(b) parents must know when children are ready to become independent
(c) parents must know when children are ready to chose for themselves
(d) parents must know when children are ready to make ethical decisions

10. What does Miss Hickok do to cope with her own personal health disaster?
(a) she starts a volunteer organization
(b) she creates art for children
(c) she learns a new language
(d) she writes children's stories

11. What play is Eleanor Roosevelt forbidden to attend?
(a) Much Ado About Nothing
(b) The Cherry Orchard
(c) Tess of of D'Urbervilles
(d) Antigone

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

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

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

15. How is one's philosophy best expressed?
(a) by the circumstances set before them
(b) by the choices made by others
(c) by the obstacles thrown in their path
(d) by the choices one makes

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eleanor Roosevelt offer in order to steer others from pitfalls?

2. Why do most people fear self-knoweldge?

3. From whom does Eleanor Roosevelt inherit her good will?

4. What kind of advice does Eleanor Roosevelt offer to her readers?

5. What does Eleanor Roosevelt claim she does not have in regards to life and living?

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