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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four: Cousin Franklin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Consumer's League focused on?
(a) Debt relief.
(b) Hunger relief.
(c) Women's working conditions.
(d) Literacy.

2. What was Sara Roosevelt's response to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's engagement?
(a) She objected.
(b) She made everyone uncomfortable with her doubts.
(c) She urged patience.
(d) She was delighted for them.

3. What was a sign of being a 'fast woman'?
(a) Dancing with a man.
(b) Accepting jewelry without being engaged.
(c) Talking with a man.
(d) Writing a letter to a man.

4. How does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt's voice changed during her tenure as First Lady?
(a) She spoke out in defense of corporations and free enterprise.
(b) She spoke more strongly for justice and peace.
(c) She spoke out for American participation in World War II.
(d) She began to speak less and less as her husband's presidency went on.

5. What words did Eleanor Roosevelt use to describe her looks?
(a) Handsome.
(b) Rather ugly.
(c) Ungainly.
(d) Deformed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt do at the Harvard-Yale game?

2. What does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt did about this feeling?

3. What does Freedman say was Eleanor Roosevelt's childhood nickname?

4. What does Freedman say Eleanor felt about her prospects as a wife?

5. How did Eleanor Roosevelt react to her father's death, in Freedman's account?

(see the answer key)

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