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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three: Mademoiselle Souvestre.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Freedman characterize the time Eleanor Roosevelt spent at Allenswood?
(a) A time of trials and difficulties.
(b) Happiest years of her life.
(c) A time of luxury and being spoiled.
(d) The worst time of her life.

2. What was Eleanor Roosevelt doing before her husband ran for President?
(a) Parenting.
(b) Painting.
(c) Activism.
(d) Banking.

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

4. What difficulties does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt was First Lady through?
(a) The Great War.
(b) Reconstruction.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) The Depression.

5. How does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt reacted to the Secret Service's objections?
(a) She was accommodating.
(b) She was adamant.
(c) She was flexible.
(d) She was contrite.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Eleanor Roosevelt change under Mlle. Souvestre's influence?

2. What did Elliot Roosevelt die of?

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

4. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's relationship with Susie Parish?

5. How does Freedman describe Eleanor Roosevelt's mother's looks?

(see the answer key)

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