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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Theodore Roosevelt married Alice Lee on his birthday. How old did he turn on that day?
(a) 22.
(b) 26.
(c) 24.
(d) 25.

2. In 1886, Roosevelt ran as the Republican candidate for mayor of New York City, portraying himself as what persona?
(a) “The Cowboy of the Dakotas.”
(b) “The Future President.”
(c) “The Cowboy of the Ivy League.”
(d) “The Rancher Professor.”

3. At what address did the Roosevelt family live when Theodore Roosevelt was born?
(a) 28 East 20th Street.
(b) 12 East 30th Street.
(c) 6 West 57th Street.
(d) 45 West 12th Street.

4. Who were the cattle thieves suspected of stealing Roosevelt’s boat at Elk Horn ranch that Roosevelt tracked down?
(a) Finnegan and his gang.
(b) Cassidy and his gang.
(c) Butcher and his gang.
(d) Williams and his gang.

5. When Theodore Roosevelt first arrived in Albany as an assemblyman, he was compared by his fellow assemblyman to what contemporary writer of the time?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Rudyard Kipling.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) Mark Twain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thomas Roosevelt’s family largely spent their summers at an estate located where?

2. Who did Theodore Roosevelt hire as a local guide on his first trip to the Dakota Territory?

3. By what nickname was Theodore Roosevelt’s sister, Anna Roosevelt, known?

4. What author is cited in the Prologue as having been a fan of Theodore Roosevelt’s and who called him “delightful”?

5. How old was future first lady Eleanor Roosevelt at the time of Ulysses Grant’s funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Theodore Roosevelt make campaign speeches for when he returned East from the Dakotas in Chapter 11, “The Cowboy of the Present”?

2. How does the author describe Theodore Roosevelt’s courtship with Alice Lee in Chapter 4, “The Swell in the Dog-Cart”?

3. How does the author describe the impressions that Theodore Roosevelt made on those around him in the Prologue of the biography?

4. How does the author describe Theodore Roosevelt’s studies in his second year at Harvard? What job did his father take at this time?

5. What scenario does the author present surrounding Theodore Roosevelt in the Prologue of the biography? What setting is described?

6. What led Theodore Roosevelt to campaign in the New York Mayoral elections, according to the author in Chapter 14, “The Next Mayor of New York”?

7. Who took custody of Theodore Roosevelt’s infant daughter after the death of his wife Alice Lee Roosevelt? Where did his daughter live?

8. What position did Theodore Roosevelt serve as assemblyman after the position of Speaker was finally decided in Chapter 6, “The Cyclone Assemblyman”?

9. What were Theodore Roosevelt’s principle objectives as assemblyman during his third term, according to the author in Chapter 9, “The Honorable Gentleman”?

10. What is revealed in the journal writings of Theodore Roosevelt in 1870, as seen in Chapter 2, “The Mind, but Not the Body”? What were his interests?

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