The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following is a time-management quadrant?

A) Not relevant and not urgent

B) Not necessary and unimportant

C) Important and urgent

D) Critical and not urgent

2. What does synergistic communication mean?

A) Everybody takes a turn speaking.

B) Nobody speaks and everyone meditates.

C) The coach invites feedback from everyone.

D) One individual speaks and others share.

3. What is the best way to solve a problem?

A) Through character improvement

B) By modifying some external condition

C) By refusing to quit

D) Through positive thinking

4. Which limiting condition(s) does the author agree can stop our progress?

A) Genetic

B) Environmental

C) Both of the above

D) Neither of the above

5. Which of the following correlates to Covey’s maturity continuum?

A) Independence to dependence

B) Dependence to interdependence

C) Interdependence to independence

D) None of the above

6). Which of the following does not represent one of the four dimensions of human nature?

A) Physical

B) Spiritual

C) Psychological

D) Mental

7. Which event does Covey advise the reader to imagine attending when contemplating goals?

A) Their funeral

B) Their graduation

C)  A banquet honoring their achievements

D) Their wedding

8. In the final chapter, which of the following does Covey advise the reader to become?

A) A counselor

B) A change agent

C) A stabilizing influence

D) A transition person

9. When your goal is to understand someone else, which of the following should you practice?

A) Empathic listening

B) Question-and-answer sessions

C) Role-playing

D) Using an intermediary

10. Which of the following is not a deposit into your Emotional Bank Account?

A) Understanding the individual

B) Keeping commitments

C) Attending to major priorities

D) Showing personal integrity

11. Which of the following is not a paradigm of interaction?

A) Win

B) Lose

C) Win/Win

D) No Deal

12. Which of these characteristics do not form the basis of Covey’s approach?

A) Principle-centered

B) Character-based

C) Inside-out

D) Faith-based

13. What characteristics drive reactive people?

A) Circumstance and feeling

B) Impulse and desire

C) Anger and insecurity

D) The desire to win and be right

14. Which of the following is the intersection of effectiveness?

A) Opportunity and resources

B) Courage and circumstance

C) Production and production capacity

D) Careful planning and precise execution

15. To be truly productive, where should a person spend the most time?

A) Quadrant I: important and urgent

B) Quadrant II: important but not urgent

C) Quadrant III: not important but urgent

D) Quadrant IV: not important and not urgent

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1. What criticism does Covey level at other self-help authors as opposed to the system he teaches in his book?

2. The final chapter is entitled “Inside Out Again.” What is the author implying by choosing these words?