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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight: A President's Wife.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What communities did Eleanor Roosevelt provide political access to for her husband?
(a) Business elites.
(b) Blacks.
(c) Northeasterners.
(d) The poor.

2. What did Anna Roosevelt die of?
(a) Polio.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Diptheria.

3. What was Franklin Roosevelt's reaction to his paralysis?
(a) He became depressed and angry.
(b) He investigated every scientific cure.
(c) He believed he would walk again.
(d) He accepted it with equanimity.

4. How long did Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt keep their engagement a secret?
(a) Two months.
(b) A year.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt did about this feeling?

2. Where was Franklin Roosevelt on his way to, when Eleanor Roosevelt ran into him?

3. How does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt's relationship with her mother-in-law affected her?

4. How does Freedman characterize the difference between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's personalities?

5. Eleanor Roosevelt was criticized for advocating what political stance?

(see the answer key)

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