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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What separates a successful person who achieves great things from an ordinary individual?
(a) they have connections
(b) they have the talent and drive
(c) they have luck on their side
(d) they believe they can

2. Where is conformity most promoted and almost desired?
(a) in the worldplace
(b) in the business world
(c) in schools
(d) in the home

3. How do people create themselves?
(a) through the people they meet
(b) through their individual talents
(c) through the choices they make
(d) through their beliefs and skills

4. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, what does everyone have a need for?
(a) to be respected as a human being
(b) to be accepted and loved
(c) to be loved by a family
(d) to be recognized as an individual

5. What anecdote does Eleanor Roosevelt give about meeting less dramatic needs everyday?
(a) the boy at the post office
(b) the girl who gets stuck between trains
(c) the boys who babysits
(d) the girl at the hospital

6. What must a public servant have a genuine love of in order to be successful?
(a) government
(b) people
(c) country
(d) service

7. Where does Eleanor Roosevelt work to feel useful?
(a) Orphanages in Mexico
(b) The Daughters of the Revolution
(c) The Consumer's League
(d) Hospice

8. Why does ignoring the law undermine?
(a) the heart of government
(b) the fabric on which society rests
(c) one's own self-respect
(d) the politicians who set the laws into place

9. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say is a mistake to never make when traveling abroad?
(a) not knowing the customs of other people
(b) drinking the water in underdeveloped countries
(c) eating the wrong foods
(d) attempting a language that you do not know

10. What does Eleanor Roosevelt see as a major societal pressure?
(a) uniqueness
(b) marriage
(c) morality
(d) conformity

11. What state does Eleanor Roosevelt say is easy and even fatal to slip into?
(a) self-absorption
(b) self-importance
(c) self-analysis
(d) self-defeating behaviors

12. How does Eleanor Roosevelt believe that people should regard their mistakes?
(a) as experiences that will help them become better people
(b) as experiences based on poor judgement
(c) as experiences that should be examined
(d) as experiences that will guide them to wiser decisions

13. In what country does Eleanor Roosevelt blunder?
(a) Laos
(b) Thailand
(c) Vietnam
(d) Cambodia

14. Where does Harry Belafonte perform in order to be useful and bring love and respect to the world?
(a) a home for unwed mothers
(b) a school of delinquent boys
(c) a juveniele courtroom
(d) a school of delinquent girls

15. What is one downfall to women in politics?
(a) they misgauge their competition
(b) they are more sensitive to criticism
(c) they are overly concerned with looks
(d) they are more prone to gossip

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Eleanor Roosevelt give as an example of true success, even though he is buried in a pauper's grave?

2. What does Eleanor Roosevelt consider herself to be?

3. What are the two types of social conformity that Eleanor Roosevelt discusses?

4. What do people often blame others for?

5. How does Eleanor Roosevelt's mother's cousin react after her husband's death?

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