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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eleanor Roosevelt believe about most cultures?
(a) they deserve the utmost care and respect
(b) they are more similar than suggested
(c) they allow for change
(d) they are very different from each other

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

3. What country is Eleanor Roosevelt most impressed by, especially because of the girl who studies that particular country?
(a) France
(b) China
(c) Ghana
(d) Thailand

4. What is usefulness a form of?
(a) self-centeredness
(b) self-respect
(c) pride
(d) duty

5. What must a family be willing to accept when a member decides to become a public servant?
(a) accept their travel schedule
(b) accept their way of life
(c) accept their financial hardship
(d) accept their emotional distance

6. What are the two types of social conformity that Eleanor Roosevelt discusses?
(a) social conformity and conformity to alien standards
(b) ethical conformity and political conformity
(c) conformity to alien standards and moral conformity
(d) economic conformity and conformity to alien standards

7. Who does Eleanor Roosevelt give as an example of true success, even though he is buried in a pauper's grave?
(a) Mozart
(b) Bach
(c) Beethoven
(d) Handel

8. What does Eleanor Roosevelt believe about other people's opinions?
(a) seek personal approval first
(b) mean well in actions and the opinions will be positive
(c) seek to placate people's opinions
(d) not to worry about them only mean well in actions

9. What is the young couple offended by?
(a) their neighbors racism
(b) their neighbors misogyny
(c) their neighbors lifestyle
(d) their neighbors politics

10. What is the goal of life?
(a) love
(b) happiness
(c) joy
(d) fulfillment

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

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

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

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

15. What is Eleanor Roosevelt's definition of success?
(a) living your potential and contributing
(b) raising a family and living your potential
(c) contributing and earning a living
(d) contributing to the world and paying back to society

Short Answer Questions

1. From where is it vital to learn the facts of an issue?

2. How do people create themselves?

3. What anecdote does Eleanor Roosevelt give about meeting less dramatic needs everyday?

4. What does Eleanor Roosevelt see as a major societal pressure?

5. What do young people most believe in?

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