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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24, “The Rough Rider”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Theodore Roosevelt’s mother die of on the same day that his wife died?
(a) A brain aneurysm.
(b) Lung cancer.
(c) Typhoid fever.
(d) Bright’s disease.

2. In what year did Theodore Roosevelt graduate magna cum laude from college?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1890.

3. When Theodore Roosevelt returned to New York from the Dakotas in 1885-1886, a publisher contracted him to write a biography of whom?
(a) Seth Bullock.
(b) James G. Blaine.
(c) Thomas Hart Benton.
(d) Joe Ferris.

4. What author befriended Theodore Roosevelt and later wrote of him that he seemed to have the energy to keep the universe spinning, according to the author in Chapter 18, “The Universe Spinner”?
(a) Rudyard Kipling.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) James Whitney.
(d) Mark Twain.

5. Where was Maria Longworth Nichols Storer from?
(a) Cincinnati, Ohio.
(b) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(c) New Brunswick, New Jersey.
(d) Portland, Maine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the cause of death of Alice Roosevelt following the death of her and Theodore’s daughter, Alice Lee Roosevelt?

2. 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?

3. The mobilization site and encampment of the Rough Riders was established where?

4. In how many of his seven subjects did Theodore Roosevelt earn honors at the completion of his freshman year in college?

5. Theodore Roosevelt became president of the board of New York City Police Commissioners in what year?

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