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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five: A Conventional Society Matron.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt felt as a result of her mother's attention to looks?
(a) Self-loathing.
(b) Queenly decorum.
(c) Placid confidence.
(d) Inferiority.

2. How does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt's relationship with her mother-in-law affected her?
(a) She learned to assert herself and her beliefs.
(b) She became depressed.
(c) She became invigorated.
(d) She became determined to do good deeds.

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

4. How did Eleanor Roosevelt change under Mlle. Souvestre's influence?
(a) She lost her fears.
(b) She learned to hold her tongue.
(c) She became more stubborn.
(d) She saw through the eyes of people who didn't have her comforts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Freedman characterize the relationship between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt?

2. What misfortune struck Eleanor Roosevelt at age ten?

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

4. How did Franklin Roosevelt describe Eleanor Roosevelt's eyes when they met?

5. How did Eleanor Roosevelt say Mlle. Souvestre affected her?

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