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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. How can politics turn unsavory?
2. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say is a mistake to never make when traveling abroad?
3. What does Eleanor Roosevelt believe about most cultures?
4. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, what should people's ambitions be about?
5. What do young people most believe in?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is the United States often despised by other nations?
2. What does Eleanor Roosevelt have to say about the weight of delinquency and how it begins?
3. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, what is important to learn about the modern world that helps with respect and individuality?
4. Define what politics is, according to Eleanor Roosevelt, and how citizens can best become involved?
5. What happens to Eleanor Roosevelt's mother's cousin that teachers her about the need to feel useful?
6. What is the chief duty of a citizen?
7. What is the key to democracy, according to Thomas Jefferson?
8. What example does Eleanor Roosevelt share about when discussing how to deal with people by estimating the extent of one's success in communicating with them?
9. How does Eleanor Roosevelt say one can be useful?
10. What actions did The King of England do with the CCC camp as well as at a tea party in the White House that left a particularly favorable impression with Eleanor Roosevelt?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Eleanor Roosevelt was married to Franklin Roosevelt and discusses her husband as an inspirational figure in her own life. She learned many things from him that made her a stronger, better person. Choose 3 anecdotes that Ms. Roosevelt shares in her book in which she discusses her husband and analyze how they have affected Eleanor Roosevelt's life. How has Mr. Roosevelt served as much of a support for her as she has for him? Finally, how is this relationship almost a bedrock example of the definition of marriage to come.
Essay Topic 2
Eleanor Roosevelt often discusses how to raise children in her book. She gives advice on decision making, independence, education, and happiness. Write an essay evaluating the advice that Eleanor Roosevelt gives regarding children and how they should be raised. Contrast this with at least one educational leader, such as Maria Montessori, Booker T. Washington, or the public school system's philosophy of childrearing. Be sure to discuss 3 main topics within the body of the essay. These topics can include reading skills, standardized testing, art in education, development of self-confidence, career planning, etc.
Essay Topic 3
Eleanor Roosevelt teaches us to be useful as usefulness is a kind of love and respect we can share with others. Many charitable organizations exist, and they are worthy causes, but there are less dramatic needs everywhere that one can partake in to make a difference. What are the ways you and your generation can be useful? What are the problems you see around you that deserve your attention and inspiration to evoke change? How can you be of service? Provide 3 examples - one political, one social, and one economic. Be sure to use modern day evidence to back your analysis.
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