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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Molly Dewson?
(a) Head of the League of Women's Voters.
(b) Head of the effort to find work for women.
(c) Head of the women's division of the DNC.
(d) Editor at Women's Democratic News.

2. How does Freedman characterize Eleanor Roosevelt's role in the New Age her husband was inaugurating?
(a) She was the legwork.
(b) She was the intelligence.
(c) She was the conscience.
(d) She was the motivation.

3. What did Franklin tell Eleanor on September 2, 1939?
(a) That he was losing his health.
(b) That Germany had invaded Poland.
(c) That the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor.
(d) That Japan had invaded China.

4. Who beat Franklin Roosevelt in 1920?
(a) Woodrow Wilson.
(b) Louis Howe.
(c) James Cox.
(d) Calvin Coolidge.

5. What did Eleanor Roosevelt work with a private coach to improve?
(a) Her driving.
(b) Her writing.
(c) Her public speaking.
(d) Her sense of diplomacy and propriety.

6. How does Freedman say the trip to see troops affected Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) She returned very sick.
(b) She became severely depressed.
(c) She was invigorated.
(d) She lost 30 pounds.

7. How did Franklin Roosevelt come to national prominence after 1929?
(a) His personal contributions to the state's funds.
(b) His enormous losses in the stock market crash.
(c) His aggressive steps to create jobs.
(d) His strict discrimination policies.

8. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's suspicion about the Democratic Party's interest in women's rights?
(a) They wanted to make token gestures, but ultimately prevent women from having rights.
(b) They did not really want give women a say.
(c) They were just trying to use the female vote.
(d) They were using the women's issues to distract from other more politically awkward issues.

9. What advice did Louis Howe give Eleanor Roosevelt after Franklin Roosevelt's paralysis?
(a) To get Franklin Roosevelt to write a book about his paralysis.
(b) To keep Franklin Roosevelt's name before the public.
(c) To get her husband to retire.
(d) To keep medical information from her husband.

10. Where did Marion Dickerman invite Eleanor to teach?
(a) The Todhunter school.
(b) The ghetto.
(c) The Friends School.
(d) Columbia.

11. What was Franklin Roosevelt in charge of in Europe?
(a) Diplomacy.
(b) Establishing U.S. bases.
(c) Reconstruction.
(d) Closing U.S. naval bases.

12. Who was allowed into Eleanor Roosevelt's press conferences?
(a) Only female reporters.
(b) The media.
(c) Only teachers and social workers.
(d) Only unemployed people.

13. What did Franklin Roosevelt do after losing the 1920 election?
(a) Traveled.
(b) Joined a law firm.
(c) Charity work.
(d) Started strategizing for 1924.

14. What communities did Eleanor Roosevelt provide political access to for her husband?
(a) The poor.
(b) Business elites.
(c) Northeasterners.
(d) Blacks.

15. What were the social conditions like in America when Franklin Roosevelt took office?
(a) People were getting back to work.
(b) There was lawlessness in large areas.
(c) Millions were out of work.
(d) People were enjoying unprecedented prosperity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Eleanor take a political leadership position?

2. What does Freedman say were Eleanor Roosevelt's feelings about war?

3. How did Franklin Roosevelt show his regard for Marion Dickerman and Nancy Cook?

4. Who was Earl Miller?

5. How does Freedman characterize the bond between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt?

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