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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does courage sometimes come from?

2. What are the three environments in which people obtain their education?

3. After one has children of their own, what does Eleanor Roosevelt guard against?

4. After Eleanor's husband dies, who does she turn to in order to stave off loneliness?

5. What does Eleanor Roosevelt believe that one should do when dealing with the thing or event at hand?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Eleanor Roosevelt's first tip on how to use time wisely and what is the example that she uses to illustrate her point?

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

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

4. What does Eleanor Roosevelt believe about criticism?

5. What happens as a result of Eleanor Roosevelt lying about going to see "Tess of the U'rbervilles"?

6. What does Eleanor Roosevelt feel there is a danger of when trying to change another person?

7. Describe the anecdote that illustrates overcoming fear through self-discipline?

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

9. As a timid child, how does Eleanor Roosevelt overcome most of her fears?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eleanor Roosevelt believes that people must be interested in anything that comes their way and that it is absolutely necessary to keep a flexibility of mind since knowledge so often changes. Discuss our current administration, and the state of international relations with Iran, Afghanistan, and China. How and why is flexibility of mind crucial in these times of social and economic change? Why is this kind of flexibility different from assuming knowledge? Provide 3 examples of current events where it is necessary to keep a flexible mind in your analysis.

Essay Topic 2

Eleanor Roosevelt discusses the importance of volunteers and how they can become the heart of certain organizations. The history of volunteerism in America is moving and fascinating. Write an essay on the history of volunteerism in the United States and how it has evolved from when it has began to present day. Find 3 volunteer organizations that have made profound impact on America and the world at large. An example might be The Peace Corp, or Teach for America. Discuss the leader who started these organizations and how they have been the heartbeat of America.

Essay Topic 3

Eleanor Roosevelt talks of the Soviet Union and how they begin to recondition men as babies to iron out uniqueness. There is an instance of modus vivendi (agree to disagree) in the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations of which the Soviet Union and the United States interpret differently because the governments view their citizens differently. Write an essay which is a compare and contrast of the Soviet Union's system of conformity, namely communism, with that of the United States system of democracy. How are the citizens of the Soviet Union treated as compared with the United States? What are the problems that the Soviet Union now faces because of this regime which undermines individuality? Are there benefits? Are there loses? Describe them in full.

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