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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, “The Biggest Man in New York”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Theodore Roosevelt began courting Edith Carow how long after the death of his first wife, according to the author in Chapter 12, “The Four-Eyed Maverick”?
(a) 2 months later.
(b) 6 months later.
(c) 4 years later.
(d) 20 months later.

2. When Theodore Roosevelt first visited the Dakota Territory, what location was used as his base of operations, according to the author in Chapter 8, “The Dude from New York”?
(a) Lang’s cabin.
(b) The Pyramid Park Hotel.
(c) The Clemson Tavern.
(d) Isaac Hunt’s home.

3. In his role as New York City Police Commissioner, Theodore Roosevelt enlisted the aid of reporters from what publication?
(a) The New York Post.
(b) The New York Globe.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Washington Post.

4. Where was Theodore Roosevelt’s mother from?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Mississippi.

5. Theodore Roosevelt’s first trip to the Dakota Territory began at what rough establishment described as a room full of cots in Chapter 8, “The Dude from New York”?
(a) The Pyramid Park Hotel.
(b) The White Horse Tavern.
(c) The Jackson Cliff Tavern.
(d) The Myriam Hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Grover Cleveland’s position when he served a summons to speak with Theodore Roosevelt in Albany in 1883?

2. What name refers to Republican political activists that bolted from the U.S. Republican Party by supporting Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the Presidential Election of 1884?

3. Theodore Roosevelt’s ancestry has been described as half Irish and half what?

4. Who won the Presidential election in 1892?

5. In investigating corruption in the case of the Manhattan Elevated Railroad and the City of New York, Theodore Roosevelt’s findings demanded further investigation of what two individuals in 1881-1882?

(see the answer key)

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