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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine: Partners.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Eleanor Roosevelt change under Mlle. Souvestre's influence?
(a) She lost her fears.
(b) She saw through the eyes of people who didn't have her comforts.
(c) She learned to hold her tongue.
(d) She became more stubborn.

2. How does Freedman say Eleanor changed in Franklin Roosevelt's second term?
(a) She began to seize power for herself.
(b) She began to get in over her head.
(c) She rose to the occasion and ran his administration.
(d) She became a more attentive listener.

3. What effect did her husband's paralysis have on Eleanor's feelings for him?
(a) She ceased to resent him.
(b) She fell in love with him again.
(c) She finally began to admire his character.
(d) She began to resent him.

4. What did Eleanor attribute to Esther Lape and Elizabeth Read?
(a) Her triumph over shyness.
(b) Her political awakening.
(c) Her ability to speak up to her mother-in-law.
(d) Her devotion to her husband.

5. How does Freedman say the marriage between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt changed after the Lucy Mercer affair?
(a) It became a constant battle.
(b) It died.
(c) It became a partnership.
(d) Franklin and Eleanor become closer and more intimate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's response when she found Lucy Mercer's love letters to Franklin?

2. How does Freedman describe Eleanor Roosevelt's treatment at Allenswood?

3. What sadness attended Eleanor Roosevelt's return to the U.S.?

4. How does Freedman describe the difference between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt on civil rights?

5. Where was Allenswood?

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