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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. Why was the First Lady able to travel without being recognized?

2. What did Franklin do after losing the vice presidential election?

3. What sort of problem did Elliott Roosevelt have?

4. Which politician did Franklin support?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Eleanor react to adjusting to a life without Franklin?

2. What was Eleanor's description of when Franklin won the presidential election?

3. How much of Eleanor's advice do you think Franklin took seriously? Why do you think that?

4. Do you think Eleanor traveled too much in the years following Franklin's death? Describe why.

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

6. Which heads of state visited Eleanor and Franklin in the White House?

7. Describe Eleanor and Franklin's wedding.

8. What were some of Eleanor's strengths? What were some of her weaknesses?

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

10. What differences between life in the East and West did Eleanor notice after visiting Yalta?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did certain events in Eleanor's book evoke a climatic feeling? What is it about Franklin's death that evokes a sense of climax? Does it have anything to do with anticipation or what you already knew before you read Eleanor's book?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Eleanor as a shy, young wife and Eleanor at the time the book ends. How did Eleanor's life change? How did she stay the same?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the difference between denotation and connotation. How does this related to the word "wife" in terms of Eleanor's book?

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