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

2. What is usefulness a form of?
(a) duty
(b) pride
(c) self-centeredness
(d) self-respect

3. What separates a successful person who achieves great things from an ordinary individual?
(a) they believe they can
(b) they have luck on their side
(c) they have the talent and drive
(d) they have connections

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

5. How can politics turn unsavory?
(a) through bribery
(b) through bipartisanship
(c) through favoritism
(d) through economic corruption

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the goal of life?

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

3. From where is it vital to learn the facts of an issue?

4. What does America owe public servants?

5. What is an important feature about a volunteer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the United States often despised by other nations?

2. How do people choose their beliefs?

3. What happens to Eleanor Roosevelt's mother's cousin that teachers her about the need to feel useful?

4. What is the definition of usefulness in the book?

5. What inspiration does the Queen Mother Elizabeth of England give to Eleanor Roosevelt?

6. 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?

7. Define what politics is, according to Eleanor Roosevelt, and how citizens can best become involved?

8. How do people create themselves and who do they blame for their mistakes?

9. What does Eleanor Roosevelt have to say about the weight of delinquency and how it begins?

10. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, what is important to learn about the modern world that helps with respect and individuality?

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