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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. What trademark greeting is Theodore Roosevelt described as having used when shaking the hands of his visitors at the White House in the book’s Prologue?
(a) “Delighted!”
(b) “Hello!”’
(c) “Ciao!”
(d) “Good to meet you!”

2. When Theodore Roosevelt returned to Medora in August of 1885, he found who in jail for murder?
(a) George Edmunds.
(b) Antoine Amedee Marie.
(c) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(d) James G. Blaine.

3. Who did Theodore Roosevelt become friends with during his early career as an assemblyman, who became Roosevelt’s first ally?
(a) Charles Patterson.
(b) George Edmunds.
(c) Seth Bullock.
(d) Isaac Hunt.

4. What was the name of Alice Lee’s father?
(a) George Cabot Lee.
(b) Abraham Lee.
(c) James Williams Lee.
(d) George Michael Lee.

5. What author is cited in the Prologue as having been a fan of Theodore Roosevelt’s and who called him “delightful”?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Edith Wharton.
(c) Rudyard Kipling.
(d) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what family did Theodore Roosevelt stay in Dresden when his family visited Europe, according to the author in Chapter 2, “The Mind, but Not the Body”?

2. Theodore Roosevelt married Alice Lee on his birthday. How old did he turn on that day?

3. Before departing the Dakota Territory from his first visit, Theodore Roosevelt purchased what property to use as a cattle ranch?

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

5. The Prologue of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt opens with a detailed description of President Roosevelt greeting guests on New Year’s Day of what year?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Theodore Roosevelt support in the 1884 Presidential election? Who won the nomination?

2. What led Theodore Roosevelt to return to New York from the Dakotas in Chapter 12, “The Four-Eyed Maverick”?

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

4. 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”?

5. How does the author describe Theodore Roosevelt’s impressions of Albany after arriving as an assemblyman in Chapter 6, “The Cyclone Assemblyman”?

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

7. Where did Theodore and Alice Lee Roosevelt live after their wedding? Where did Roosevelt continue his studies?

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

9. How did Theodore Roosevelt’s first trip to the Dakotas begin, according to the author in Chapter 8, “The Dude from New York”? How is this setting described?

10. How was the wedding of Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Lee described in Chapter 5, “The Political Hack”? Where did they stay after the wedding?

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