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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 should families share?
2. How do people create themselves?
3. From where is it vital to learn the facts of an issue?
4. What do young people most believe in?
5. What is Eleanor Roosevelt's definition of success?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Eleanor Roosevelt believe families should share and how should they interact?
2. What inspiration does the Queen Mother Elizabeth of England give to Eleanor Roosevelt?
3. What does Eleanor Roosevelt believe that people's ambitions should be about?
4. Describe the challenges of women in politics?
5. How does Eleanor Roosevelt say one can be useful?
6. What actions did The King of England do with the CCC camp as well as at a tea party in the White House that left a particularly favorable impression with Eleanor Roosevelt?
7. How do people choose their beliefs?
8. What are the main expectations for a congressman or senator?
9. What is the definition of usefulness in the book?
10. What does Eleanor Roosevelt have to say about the weight of delinquency and how it begins?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Eleanor Roosevelt discusses the importance of volunteers and how they can become the heart of certain organizations. The history of volunteerism in America is moving and fascinating. Write an essay on the history of volunteerism in the United States and how it has evolved from when it has began to present day. Find 3 volunteer organizations that have made profound impact on America and the world at large. An example might be The Peace Corp, or Teach for America. Discuss the leader who started these organizations and how they have been the heartbeat of America.
Essay Topic 2
Eleanor Roosevelt talks about the right and obligation to be an individual. She says that the loss of individuality is a great danger. What is worse is the problem between conforming and nonconforming. It can be a challenge, but it is a necessary challenge to become and stay an individual. Describe the individuals that you admire? What are 5 qualities that you admire about them and how have they displayed these qualities? This person may be someone you know personally or it may be a powerful political, social, or artistic figure that you wish to emulate. Provide evidence to support your narrative exposition.
Essay Topic 3
Eleanor Roosevelt believes that people must be interested in anything that comes their way and that it is absolutely necessary to keep a flexibility of mind since knowledge so often changes. Discuss our current administration, and the state of international relations with Iran, Afghanistan, and China. How and why is flexibility of mind crucial in these times of social and economic change? Why is this kind of flexibility different from assuming knowledge? Provide 3 examples of current events where it is necessary to keep a flexible mind in your analysis.
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