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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the poem that Mrs. Cowles younger sister writes about Mrs. Cowles?
(a) Fortunate Soldier
(b) Soldier of Pain
(c) Solider of Fortune
(d) Pain and Growth

2. What makes the inevitable and natural experience of death easier according to Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) a strong family
(b) belief in God
(c) one's own inner calm
(d) good friends

3. Why do most people fear self-knoweldge?
(a) because they feel it is discovering secret things about themselves
(b) because they fear losing love from others if they try
(c) because they fear knowing who they are
(d) because they feel it is discovering only bad things about themselves

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

5. What will a mature person avoid because it is useless in terms of self-improvement?
(a) criticism from family members
(b) malicious criticism
(c) criticism from spouses
(d) constructive criticism

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?

2. What two types of trips does Eleanor Roosevelt make?

3. What do Eleanor Roosevelt's children think of her friends?

4. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, how are most readjustments caused?

5. What must parents know about their children that will help their children dismantle their own fears and inhibitions?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the letter writers specifically ask of Eleanor Roosevelt?

2. Eleanor Roosevelt says that people can live through almost anything and the danger lies in avoiding ones fears. Describe the fear Eleanor Roosevelt has as a young woman.

3. What is the moral behind the chapter on fear?

4. What does Eleanor Roosevelt offer to people to help steer them from pitfalls?

5. What does Eleanor Roosevelt believe is the most essential thing for the continuance of an adult education?

6. in what way does Eleanor Roosevelt revise her definition of maturity?

7. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say about death, especially after the loss of her husband?

8. When does the most obvious readjustment take place in a persons life?

9. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, why do women have an advantage over men?

10. What does Eleanor Roosevelt feel is needed in addition to a book education?

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