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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the absurdity of wearing silly hats during a family meeting prevent?
(a) laughter
(b) seriousness
(c) honesty
(d) arguments

2. Why do so few people become public servants?
(a) because it holds an uncertain future
(b) because it is hard work
(c) because the risk is bigger than the reward
(d) because it is public work

3. What is the young couple offended by?
(a) their neighbors politics
(b) their neighbors misogyny
(c) their neighbors racism
(d) their neighbors lifestyle

4. Which organization is responsible for organizing a model assembly where each student represents a different country?
(a) The Girl Scouts
(b) The model United Nations
(c) The Rotary Club
(d) The Boys and Girls Club of America

5. What must a family be willing to accept when a member decides to become a public servant?
(a) accept their way of life
(b) accept their financial hardship
(c) accept their travel schedule
(d) accept their emotional distance

6. What is the key to success in democracy, according to Thomas Jefferson?
(a) responsibility for family
(b) responsibility for well-being
(c) responsibility for fiscal spending
(d) responsibility of learning

7. How has the United States behaved in decision making at the United Nations
(a) obliging
(b) flexible
(c) domineering
(d) forceful

8. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, what should people's ambitions be about?
(a) getting as much as possible out of life
(b) living up to society's standards
(c) living a simple life free from want
(d) getting as much as possible out of each other

9. What should families share?
(a) heartache
(b) laughter
(c) chores
(d) responsibilities

10. What is the goal of life?
(a) joy
(b) love
(c) happiness
(d) fulfillment

11. What skill is important to teach children at an early age?
(a) to think for themselves
(b) to work hard to reap the benefits
(c) to get along with others
(d) to be patient

12. What does America owe public servants?
(a) gratitude and respect
(b) gratitude and honesty
(c) respect and monetary compensation
(d) care and appreciation

13. Why is the United States often despised by other nations?
(a) because Americans do not understand other nations cultures
(b) because Americans do not have manners
(c) because Americans are loud and disrespectful
(d) because Americans expect others to speak English

14. How does Eleanor Roosevelt believe that people should regard their mistakes?
(a) as experiences that should be examined
(b) as experiences that will help them become better people
(c) as experiences that will guide them to wiser decisions
(d) as experiences based on poor judgement

15. What do young people most believe in?
(a) chance
(b) hard work
(c) circumstance
(d) perfection

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eleanor Roosevelt say that being an individual is mostly about, besides being a right?

2. Who does Eleanor Roosevelt reuse to walk behind as an example of showing disapproval in an inoffensive way when in a different country?

3. Whose actions does Eleanor Roosevelt mimic in the White House so as to pay attention to individuals instead of groups of people?

4. What must a public servant have a genuine love of in order to be successful?

5. What anecdote does Eleanor Roosevelt give about meeting less dramatic needs everyday?

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