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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten: The War Years.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made Eleanor Roosevelt feel out of place in the company of her mother, grandmother, and aunts?
(a) She was not married yet.
(b) She was not a beauty.
(c) She did not know Greek.
(d) She had been educated abroad.

2. What was the relation between Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt?
(a) First cousins.
(b) Second cousins.
(c) No relation.
(d) Fifth cousins.

3. What communities did Eleanor Roosevelt provide political access to for her husband?
(a) The poor.
(b) Business elites.
(c) Blacks.
(d) Northeasterners.

4. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's response when she found Lucy Mercer's love letters to Franklin?
(a) Told Sara to talk to him.
(b) Offered him his freedom.
(c) Left.
(d) Locked him out of the house.

5. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's relationship with Susie Parish?
(a) Cousin and roommate.
(b) Fellow volunteer.
(c) Rival for a boy's attention.
(d) Classmate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt did to the position of First Lady?

2. What does Freedman say Franklin Roosevelt would ask his wife to back away from?

3. What does Freedman say Eleanor felt when Franklin proposed?

4. What does Freedman say was the effect of this nickname?

5. How many men does Freedman say were killed in World War I?

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