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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four: Cousin Franklin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt did about this feeling?
(a) Argued fiercely.
(b) Argued fiercely.
(c) Talked herself out of it.
(d) Kept silent.

2. What does Freedman say the Secret Service objected to?
(a) Eleanor Roosevelt's trips to foreign countries.
(b) Eleanor Roosevelt's outspoken public persona.
(c) Eleanor Roosevelt's driving alone.
(d) Eleanor Roosevelt's reclusivity.

3. When did Eleanor start to see Franklin regularly?
(a) Right after retuning to the U.S.
(b) Before she left England.
(c) When she turned twenty.
(d) The winter of her coming out.

4. What is NOT an innovation Freedman credits Eleanor Roosevelt with?
(a) Driving her own car.
(b) Opening the White House doors to reporters.
(c) Traveling the world.
(d) Negotiating treaties herself.

5. How does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt's voice changed during her tenure as First Lady?
(a) She spoke more strongly for justice and peace.
(b) She began to speak less and less as her husband's presidency went on.
(c) She spoke out in defense of corporations and free enterprise.
(d) She spoke out for American participation in World War II.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freedman say was Eleanor Roosevelt's childhood nickname?

2. How did Eleanor Roosevelt react to her father's death, in Freedman's account?

3. What was a sign of being a 'fast woman'?

4. What did Elliot Roosevelt's drinking lead to, according to Freedman?

5. What does Freedman say the Secret Service gave Eleanor Roosevelt?

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