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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what position was Franklin appointed to?

2. Where did the Roosevelts spend election night of 1936?

3. How long was Eleanor's campaign trip with Franklin in 1920?

4. Where was Eleanor when Uncle Ted died?

5. What did Eleanor and Franklin always have together after she returned from a trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who comes to visit the White House in early 1944?

2. Why was Eleanor concerned about Americans' perceptions of the Soviet Union?

3. Describe Eleanor's feelings when her daughter, Anna, went to boarding school.

4. Describe Eleanor's trip to the Pacific.

5. What is your impression of how Eleanor dealt with being First Lady during an international war?

6. Compare Eleanor's views of how Russians were helping the world and how Americans were helping the world in 1959.

7. Describe Eleanor's "coming out" as a debutante..

8. After deciding she could not maintain her travel schedule, what did Eleanor decide to do instead?

9. How was Eleanor introduced to politics? What was her attitude toward them at first?

10. How did Eleanor's relationship with her mother-in-law change in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Eleanor and Franklin. How were they different? How were they the same?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the way Eleanor addressed the role of women in her book. Why did she choose to address this topic in particular? Did you learn anything about the role of women that you didn't know before?

Essay Topic 3

After Franklin's death, what organizations did Eleanor become involved with? Which of these do you think had the biggest impact on her personal development?

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