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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22, “The Hot Weather Secretary”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Henry George born?
(a) 1891.
(b) 1839.
(c) 1829.
(d) 1815.

2. Theodore Roosevelt was appointed to the post of Assistant Secretary of the Navy in what year?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1885.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1882.

3. Who did Theodore Roosevelt meet aboard a ship bound for England in the winter of 1886, who later introduced Roosevelt to many English dignitaries?
(a) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(b) Abram Hewitt.
(c) George Edmunds.
(d) Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice.

4. Who was the Secretary of the Navy when Theodore Roosevelt was appointed Assistant Secretary?
(a) Seth Bullock.
(b) Titus Sheard.
(c) George Edmunds.
(d) John D. Long.

5. When did the Navy’s battleship explode in Havana Harbor during Roosevelt’s post as Assistant Secretary of the Navy?
(a) February 15, 1898.
(b) August 14, 1894.
(c) February 12, 1884.
(d) December 2, 1886.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who won the election for the Mayor of New York in 1886?

2. When was the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act established?

3. Who did Theodore Roosevelt meet at a party that suggested Roosevelt accompany him to Dakota, according to the author in Chapter 7, “The Fighting Cock”?

4. When Theodore Roosevelt lost the election for New York City Mayor, he rejoiced that at least what friend of his had won a seat in Congress?

5. Where did Theodore Roosevelt, as Assistant Secretary to the Navy, deliver an inciting speech speaking against Japan's presence in the Pacific?

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