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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. Who was Eleanor Roosevelt secretly engaged to at nineteen?
(a) A cousin.
(b) A boy from the Junior League.
(c) A Harvard boy.
(d) A working boy.

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

3. What does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt did to the position of First Lady?
(a) Took it to new heights.
(b) Debased the office.
(c) Turned it into a more diplomatic position.
(d) Won more power for it.

4. When were Eleanor Roosevelt's parents' married?
(a) 1883.
(b) 1864.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1875.

5. Where was Allenswood?
(a) London.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where did Elliot Roosevelt go while his wife stayed in New York with the children?

4. What words did Eleanor Roosevelt use to describe her looks?

5. What made Eleanor Roosevelt's uncle dangerous?

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