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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. Where did Franklin attend law school?

2. What did Eleanor do during the years of the Depression?

3. In 1916, where did the Roosevelts spend the summer?

4. In what sort of institution did Eleanor's father spend time in?

5. Who worked for the Democratic Party in 1928?

Short Essay Questions

1. How much of Eleanor's advice do you think Franklin took seriously? Why do you think that?

2. Describe Eleanor's feelings when her daughter, Anna, went to boarding school.

3. Describe the process of how Franklin was elected governor of New York, including the Democratic Convention.

4. What was Eleanor like in large groups as a teenager?

5. Describe Eleanor's "coming out" as a debutante..

6. Eleanor and Franklin were cousins. During the early 1900's, how socially acceptable was the practice of dating and marrying a cousin?

7. How did the structure of social life change when the United States entered WWI?

8. How did Eleanor become aware at a young age that there is much suffering in the world?

9. How did Eleanor's relationship with her mother-in-law change in Chapter 11?

10. During her first years as First Lady, what seemed to have affected Eleanor the most as she made her trips around the United States?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Eleanor and Franklin. How were they different? How were they the same?

Essay Topic 2

What is the tone of "The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt"? Why would Eleanor choose to write the book in this type of tone? What impact does the tone have on the way the reader perceives the characters and information presented in the chapters?

Essay Topic 3

Summarize Eleanor's family of origin. Why would Eleanor include these chapters in her book? What information did she give about her mother, father, and siblings?

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