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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. How does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt used the thing the Secret Service gave her?
(a) She used it to foster her reputation for fierce independence.
(b) She negotiated treaties.
(c) She went for long drives alone.
(d) She unions and workers.

2. What sadness attended Eleanor Roosevelt's return to the U.S.?
(a) The family's fortunes had declined.
(b) Her grandmother had died.
(c) Her uncle had died.
(d) Her uncle had become an alcoholic.

3. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's status in Mlle. Souvestre's eyes?
(a) She had the seat of honor at dinner.
(b) She was often chastised.
(c) She was not distinguished.
(d) She was a constant troublemaker.

4. What does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt felt about politics?
(a) It should clear the way for social change.
(b) It was a man's profession.
(c) It was the thing that stopped progress from happening.
(d) It was the most American profession.

5. What does Freedman say Eleanor felt about her prospects as a wife?
(a) She was not beautiful, and did not have anything to offer.
(b) She secretly felt that any man would be lucky to have her for a bride.
(c) She was proud to finally become a wife and mother herself.
(d) She was filled with dread about having to perform a wife's duties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freedman say Franklin Roosevelt needed as the war took a toll on him?

2. What was the Consumer's League focused on?

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

4. What does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt was uncomfortable about in the townhouse where she lived with her husband and children?

5. When did Eleanor start to see Franklin regularly?

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