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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is necessary to do before entering public service?
(a) obtain a graduate degree
(b) tie up loose ends from the past that can be used against you
(c) save enough money to support oneself
(d) volunteer as much as possible

2. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say that being an individual is mostly about, besides being a right?
(a) a privilege
(b) an obligation
(c) a joy
(d) a travesty

3. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say is important to work for when working for a group?
(a) work toward receiving credit for the work
(b) work towards the result not the credit
(c) work towards the opportunity that might arise
(d) work towards honoring others for the work they've done

4. What profession is Helen Gahagan Douglass professionally trained for?
(a) an actress
(b) a seamstress
(c) a nurse
(d) a schoolteacher

5. What do young people most believe in?
(a) perfection
(b) hard work
(c) chance
(d) circumstance

6. How does Eleanor Roosevelt's mother's cousin react after her husband's death?
(a) she lapses into self-pity
(b) she loses self-control
(c) she engages in self-defeating behaviors
(d) she becomes self-absorbed

7. What does Eleanor Roosevelt consider herself to be?
(a) a true believer
(b) a pessimist
(c) a realist
(d) an optimist

8. Who visits a CCC camp in America and pays special attention to the individuality of the boys?
(a) The Attorney General
(b) The King of England
(c) Franklin Roosevelt
(d) The Queen Mother Elizabeth

9. What is a common problem that many households face in the United States?
(a) keeping up with the Joneses
(b) desiring things they cannot have
(c) wanting to be free from the pressures of conformity
(d) keeping up with their own ambitions

10. What kind of concept must a congressman or senator have?
(a) a local economy concept
(b) a grass roots concept
(c) an international concept
(d) a national concept

11. What skill is important to teach children at an early age?
(a) to be patient
(b) to think for themselves
(c) to work hard to reap the benefits
(d) to get along with others

12. Whose actions does Eleanor Roosevelt mimic in the White House so as to pay attention to individuals instead of groups of people?
(a) Queen Elizabeth
(b) Her husband, the President of the United States
(c) The Secretary of State
(d) Her grandmother

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

14. What does Eleanor Roosevelt learn that children are not born to be, but are taught to be through society?
(a) prejudice
(b) frugality
(c) affectation
(d) racism

15. What mistake does a youth make that Eleanor Roosevelt takes a deep interest in?
(a) choosing a lifestyle that compromises their health
(b) choosing a spouse that is not a match
(c) choosing a goal that is not in reach
(d) choosing a career they dislike

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of behavior is surprisingly less proportionate among the poor because children feel they are needed by their family?

2. What kind of children are often ashamed of their parents?

3. What is the key to success in democracy, according to Thomas Jefferson?

4. How do people create themselves?

5. What is usefulness a form of?

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