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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 is NOT an innovation Freedman credits Eleanor Roosevelt with?
(a) Driving her own car.
(b) Opening the White House doors to reporters.
(c) Negotiating treaties herself.
(d) Traveling the world.

2. How did Eleanor Roosevelt react to her father's death, in Freedman's account?
(a) She grieved hard for three months then forgot him.
(b) She created a religious mindset in which his spirit was still with her.
(c) She created a fantasy world where he was still alive.
(d) She became depressed and suicidal.

3. What does Freedman say was Eleanor Roosevelt's childhood nickname?
(a) Cinderella.
(b) Sweetie.
(c) The sad-eyed lady.
(d) Granny.

4. Why did Franklin propose to Eleanor, according to Freedman?
(a) He was smitten with her.
(b) He wanted her to bring out the best in him.
(c) He wanted her to manage his affairs.
(d) He thought she would make a good mother.

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 outspoken public persona.
(d) Eleanor Roosevelt's trips to foreign countries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt do at the Harvard-Yale game?

2. What incident does Freedman say escalated Elliot Roosevelt's alcoholism?

3. What does Freedman say the Secret Service gave Eleanor Roosevelt?

4. What was the relation between Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt?

5. How does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt reacted to the Secret Service's objections?

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