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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Eleanor's teacher at a French school in England?
(a) Mlle. Moreau
(b) Mlle. Tautou
(c) Mlle. Chantel
(d) Mlle. Souvestre

2. How did Eleanor Roosevelt train her memory as young child?
(a) she memorized the Old Testament in French
(b) she memorized the New Testament in German
(c) she memorized the New Testament in French
(d) she memorized the Old Testament in Flemish

3. What is overcoming one's fears considered, if looked at it positively?
(a) a victory
(b) a solution
(c) a lesson
(d) a challenge

4. Why do most people fear self-knoweldge?
(a) because they feel it is discovering secret things about themselves
(b) because they fear knowing who they are
(c) because they feel it is discovering only bad things about themselves
(d) because they fear losing love from others if they try

5. What does Eleanor Roosevelt offer to her readers instead of answers?
(a) implications
(b) results
(c) challenges
(d) suggestions

Short Answer Questions

1. What do most of the people who admire Eleanor Roosevelt want to know about her life?

2. Who raised Eleanor Roosevelt from the age of seven?

3. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, what might retirement time be used for?

4. What condition is the worst stumbling block for most people?

5. What does Eleanor Roosevelt think that trying to change someone does?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Eleanor Roosevelt believe about criticism?

2. What does Eleanor Roosevelt feel is the most influential factor in her life that has lead to her success?

3. How does Eleanor Roosevelt view retirement?

4. What does Eleanor Roosevelt feel is needed in addition to a book education?

5. What does Eleanor Roosevelt believe is the most essential thing for the continuance of an adult education?

6. in what way does Eleanor Roosevelt revise her definition of maturity?

7. When does the most obvious readjustment take place in a persons life?

8. Eleanor Roosevelt says that courage comes from sheer desperation in having to face the inevitable. How does she demonstrate this principle?

9. What was the inspiration behind Eleanor Roosevelt's decision to write "You Learn by Living" ?

10. What does Eleanor Roosevelt describe as the best years of a woman's life and what is her example?

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