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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four: Cousin Franklin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's lifestyle like, according to Freedman?
(a) Luxurious.
(b) Penurious.
(c) Niggardly.
(d) Thrifty.

2. What does Freedman say Eleanor felt about her prospects as a wife?
(a) She was filled with dread about having to perform a wife's duties.
(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 not beautiful, and did not have anything to offer.

3. What title was Eleanor Roosevelt unofficially given, according to Freedman?
(a) First Lady of the World.
(b) Lady President.
(c) Lady Ambassador.
(d) Secretary of Interior.

4. What modest claim does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt made about her work as First Lady?
(a) She learned everything she knew from Franklin.
(b) Even an untalented person like her could change the world.
(c) She owed everything to her faith in God.
(d) She couldn't have done her work without a talented staff of assistants.

5. What does Freedman say the Secret Service objected to?
(a) Eleanor Roosevelt's driving alone.
(b) Eleanor Roosevelt's reclusivity.
(c) Eleanor Roosevelt's trips to foreign countries.
(d) Eleanor Roosevelt's outspoken public persona.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Eleanor Roosevelt doing before her husband ran for President?

2. What did Anna Roosevelt die of?

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

4. What is NOT an innovation Freedman credits Eleanor Roosevelt with?

5. How did Sara Roosevelt's feelings change by the time Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were married?

(see the answer key)

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