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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 does Eleanor Roosevelt say is important to work for when working for a group?
2. How can politics turn unsavory?
3. What does Eleanor Roosevelt learn that children are not born to be, but are taught to be through society?
4. What is the key to success in democracy, according to Thomas Jefferson?
5. What does Eleanor Roosevelt have to say about fashion?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, what is important to learn about the modern world that helps with respect and individuality?
2. What does Eleanor Roosevelt have to say about the weight of delinquency and how it begins?
3. What are the main expectations for a congressman or senator?
4. How do people choose their beliefs?
5. 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?
6. What is Eleanor Roosevelt's definition of success and what primary figure does she give an example of an individual who lived a life of nonconformity?
7. What is the key to democracy, according to Thomas Jefferson?
8. What does Eleanor Roosevelt believe that people's ambitions should be about?
9. How do people create themselves and who do they blame for their mistakes?
10. Why is the United States often despised by other nations?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Eleanor Roosevelt talks about learning to be a public servant and how important it is for a public servant to have a love for the people. Choose 3 major political figures that loved the people, and were then, in turn, adored and revered by the people because of their deep humanitarianism. Examples include Eva Peron, John F Kennedy, Nelson Mandela. How does this type of love strengthen a nation? How does this type of love inspire a nation? How can this inspiration lead to growth, change, and prosperity? Include evidence in your essay and specific biographical and historical examples.
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