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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. What skill is important to teach children at an early age?
2. What is each individual responsible for in their community?
3. What profession is Helen Gahagan Douglass professionally trained for?
4. Where does Harry Belafonte perform in order to be useful and bring love and respect to the world?
5. What state does Eleanor Roosevelt say is easy and even fatal to slip into?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do people choose their beliefs?
2. What inspiration does the Queen Mother Elizabeth of England give to Eleanor Roosevelt?
3. What happens to Eleanor Roosevelt's mother's cousin that teachers her about the need to feel useful?
4. What is the key to democracy, according to Thomas Jefferson?
5. How do people create themselves and who do they blame for their mistakes?
6. 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?
7. How does Eleanor Roosevelt say one can be useful?
8. Why is the United States often despised by other nations?
9. What does Eleanor Roosevelt believe is a great danger to society?
10. How is conformity promoted in the workplace and how does the individual rise from the pressure?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Elanor Roosevelt strives to offer guideposts to steer others away from pitfalls and mistakes but considers that it may only be possible for someone to learn life lessons through their own mistakes. To what extent is this belief true? To what extent is this belief false? Use 2 examples from your own life and 1 example from a historical life and compare and contrast the possibilities. Do you really have to fail or succeed in order to truly learn and make a change?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Eleanor Roosevelt suggests four tips on how to use time wisely. The four tips include retaining an inner calm, learning to concentrate, organize time with responsibility, and use common sense in taking care of your health. Choose two of these tips on time and analyze how they are efficient. Describe how either you, or someone you know, puts these tips to use and analyze whether or not they are successful. If they are successful, describe how they are successful. If they are not, describe how they can be improved. Complete this assignment in a personal narrative style.
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