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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. Who was Lucy Mercer?
(a) Eleanor Roosevelt's social secretary.
(b) The governess for Eleanor Roosevelt's children.
(c) Franklin Roosevelt's assistant.
(d) Sarah Roosevelt's friend.

2. What did Elliot Roosevelt's drinking lead to, according to Freedman?
(a) Depression.
(b) Love affairs.
(c) Temperance meetings.
(d) Religion.

3. How did Franklin Roosevelt describe Eleanor Roosevelt's eyes when they met?
(a) Severe.
(b) Adoring.
(c) Penetrating.
(d) Sympathetic.

4. When did Eleanor start to see Franklin regularly?
(a) Right after retuning to the U.S.
(b) The winter of her coming out.
(c) Before she left England.
(d) When she turned twenty.

5. What responsibility did Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt say the government bore?
(a) To spur innovation.
(b) To encourage innovation.
(c) To defend the weak.
(d) To regulate business practices.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Eleanor Roosevelt fly from Baltimore to Washington D.C.?

2. What does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt felt about politics?

3. What was Franklin Roosevelt's response to Eleanor Roosevelt's feelings about her household?

4. Who was allowed into Eleanor Roosevelt's press conferences?

5. To what does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt devoted her time after her husband died?

(see the answer key)

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