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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ch. 6, Learning to be Useful.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ms. Roosevelt, what are the most important ingredients in a child's education?
(a) curiosity, fortitude, prudence, and cunning
(b) curiosity, interest, imagination, and a sense of adventure
(c) curiosity, challenge, danger, and fortitude
(d) curiosity, strength, trust, and resilience

2. What makes the inevitable and natural experience of death easier according to Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) belief in God
(b) one's own inner calm
(c) good friends
(d) a strong family

3. What does Miss Hickok lose?
(a) the use of her legs
(b) her speech
(c) her hearing
(d) her eyesight

4. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say should be interwoven into an organized stretch of time so as to prepare for unexpected things?
(a) empty time slots
(b) tight details
(c) flexibility
(d) Plan B

5. How do unhappy people treat their time?
(a) unhappy people feel a sense of guilt about their time
(b) unhappy people use their time for pleasure
(c) unhappy people have no idea what to do with their time
(d) unhappy people give their time away to other's discretion

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eleanor Roosevelt discuss when she talks about usefulness being a type of love?

2. What is essentially easier and more exhilarating than fear?

3. Where does Harry Belafonte perform in order to be useful and bring love and respect to the world?

4. What historical people does Eleanor Roosevelt compare the modern world to in regards to describing the irrationality of fear?

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

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