Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery Quiz

Russell Freedman

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Who was Molly Dewson? (from Chapter Eight: A President's Wife)

Editor at Women's Democratic News.

Head of the League of Women's Voters.

Head of the effort to find work for women.

Head of the women's division of the DNC.

2.

How does Freedman characterize Eleanor Roosevelt's role in the New Age her husband was inaugurating? (from Chapter Nine: Partners)

She was the motivation.

She was the intelligence.

She was the conscience.

She was the legwork.

3.

What did Marion Dickerman and Eleanor Roosevelt do together after Marion invited Eleanor to teach? (from Chapter Seven: Friendship and Politics)

Bought the school.

Developed new techniques for teaching poor people.

Opened a new school.

Started teaching in the ghettoes.

4.

Why was Committee Three a good place for Eleanor Roosevelt at the U.N.? (from Chapter Eleven: On Her Own)

It was a quiet committee without much authority.

She defeated the Russian delegate on the topic of forced repatriation of refugees.

It was a purely symbolic committee for drafting general statements and declarations.

Her husband would have wanted her to be there.

5.

How did Sara Roosevelt's feelings change by the time Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were married? (from Chapter Four: Cousin Franklin)

She was terrified that Eleanor was taking Franklin away.

She came to adore Eleanor.

She was less and less interested in the wedding.

She started to have doubts about Franklin as a husband.

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