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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 does Eleanor Roosevelt say can become a danger if one becomes too absorbed in it?
(a) self-evaluation
(b) self-respect
(c) self-efficacy
(d) self-esteem

2. How do unhappy people treat their time?
(a) unhappy people use their time for pleasure
(b) unhappy people have no idea what to do with their time
(c) unhappy people feel a sense of guilt about their time
(d) unhappy people give their time away to other's discretion

3. What kind of advice does Eleanor Roosevelt offer to her readers?
(a) self-improvement advice
(b) humanitarian advice
(c) challenging advice
(d) solution-seeking advice

4. According to Eleanor's teacher, what must children do with the information they learn?
(a) they must use it as a building block
(b) the must relate to it
(c) they must immerse themselves in it
(d) they must never forget it

5. What does Eleanor Roosevelt encourage her readers to take into consideration when they weight the content of her book?
(a) that one method does not work for everyone
(b) that one method is the best solution for learning
(c) that one method can be limiting
(d) that one method is how she became successful

Short Answer Questions

1. What languages does Eleanor Roosevelt study as a small child?

2. How does keeping up with one's interests as well as one's joys in life affect the life of a child, according to Ms. Roosevelt?

3. What does Eleanor Roosevelt claim is inevitable?

4. What is essentially easier and more exhilarating than fear?

5. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say is necessary to accept if one is to obtain self-knowledge?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Eleanor Roosevelt view retirement?

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

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

4. What does Eleanor Roosevelt describe as the best years of a woman's life and what is her example?

5. What is the fourth tip and example that Eleanor Roosevelt gives about using time wisely?

6. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say is necessary to accept in oneself and in others in order to grow into a mature individual?

7. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, how is one's philosophy best expressed?

8. Why is the question "why"? so important?

9. What is the second tip and example that Eleanor Roosevelt gives about using time wisely?

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

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