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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Eleanor Roosevelt's best subjects at Allenswood?
(a) Greek and Latin.
(b) Literature and history.
(c) Botany and husbandry.
(d) Religion and poetry.

2. What was the Consumer's League focused on?
(a) Debt relief.
(b) Women's working conditions.
(c) Hunger relief.
(d) Literacy.

3. What did Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt do at the Harvard-Yale game?
(a) Kissed for the first time.
(b) Eloped.
(c) Got drunk together.
(d) Slipped away from their chaperone.

4. What kind of gathering was Eleanor Roosevelt a frequent attendant at after her return to the U.S.?
(a) Political rally.
(b) Dinner party.
(c) Lynching.
(d) Hunting party.

5. Where does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt enjoyed happy times?
(a) Oak Terrace.
(b) The Catskills.
(c) Appalachia.
(d) Paris.

6. Where was Franklin Roosevelt on his way to, when Eleanor Roosevelt ran into him?
(a) To visit his mother.
(b) To vacation in Maine.
(c) To visit her grandmother.
(d) To return to school.

7. How does Freedman characterize the relationship between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) They talked a lot.
(b) They were young and confused.
(c) They were formal to the point of being cold.
(d) They were passionate lovers.

8. How does Freedman describe Eleanor Roosevelt's mother's looks?
(a) She was a beauty.
(b) She was plain.
(c) She was a horror.
(d) She was indistinct.

9. What did Eleanor give up at Sara's insistence?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Her teaching job in the slums.
(c) Charity work.
(d) Going to the opera.

10. What did Elliot Roosevelt die of?
(a) An accident.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Shipwreck.
(d) Alcoholism.

11. How old was Eleanor Roosevelt when she returned to the U.S.?
(a) 21.
(b) 24.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

12. How did Franklin Roosevelt describe Eleanor Roosevelt's eyes when they met?
(a) Sympathetic.
(b) Penetrating.
(c) Severe.
(d) Adoring.

13. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's lifestyle like, according to Freedman?
(a) Penurious.
(b) Luxurious.
(c) Thrifty.
(d) Niggardly.

14. What modest claim does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt made about her work as First Lady?
(a) She couldn't have done her work without a talented staff of assistants.
(b) She learned everything she knew from Franklin.
(c) She owed everything to her faith in God.
(d) Even an untalented person like her could change the world.

15. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's status in Mlle. Souvestre's eyes?
(a) She had the seat of honor at dinner.
(b) She was a constant troublemaker.
(c) She was not distinguished.
(d) She was often chastised.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Sara Roosevelt's response to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's engagement?

2. What difficulties does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt was First Lady through?

3. Who accompanied Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their visits?

4. What did Eleanor think about Franklin?

5. Where would Franklin invite Eleanor to visit on weekends?

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