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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 mistake does a youth make that Eleanor Roosevelt takes a deep interest in?
2. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, what does everyone have a need for?
3. What does America owe public servants?
4. What kind of concept must a congressman or senator have?
5. What does Eleanor Roosevelt have to say about fashion?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the chief duty of a citizen?
2. What does Eleanor Roosevelt believe that people's ambitions should be about?
3. What does Eleanor Roosevelt have to say about the weight of delinquency and how it begins?
4. What inspiration does the Queen Mother Elizabeth of England give to Eleanor Roosevelt?
5. 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?
6. What is the definition of usefulness in the book?
7. How is conformity promoted in the workplace and how does the individual rise from the pressure?
8. What does Eleanor Roosevelt believe is a great danger to society?
9. How do people create themselves and who do they blame for their mistakes?
10. What are several things that one must face before becoming a public servant?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Eleanor Roosevelt discusses the plight of immigrant children as well as immigrant parents in "You Learn by Living". Write an essay on the current problems in immigration that the United States of America faces and how they can go about being solved. How has racial profiling affected human rights? How have the new laws that are being passed on immigration helping or hurting the Union? How do you think Eleanor Roosevelt would address these social issues if she were influential in social commentary today?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of Eleanor Roosevelt's book " You Learn By Living". What is the main message that she hopes to get across to her readers? Choose at least 3 pivotal passages that support the theme and then carefully analyze those passages.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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