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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 effect did her husband's paralysis have on Eleanor's feelings for him?
(a) She ceased to resent him.
(b) She fell in love with him again.
(c) She finally began to admire his character.
(d) She began to resent him.

2. What did Franklin Roosevelt do after losing the 1920 election?
(a) Joined a law firm.
(b) Charity work.
(c) Traveled.
(d) Started strategizing for 1924.

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

4. How does Freedman describe Eleanor Roosevelt's looks as a young girl?
(a) She was half-paralyzed by an infant illness.
(b) She was not considered attractive.
(c) She was handsome but not beautiful.
(d) She was a beauty.

5. How does Freedman characterize the bond between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) Strong and lasting.
(b) Passionate and intimate.
(c) Distrustful and disappointing.
(d) Fragile and inconstant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eleanor Roosevelt urge women to do in 'It's Up to the Women'?

2. What was a sign of being a 'fast woman'?

3. Why did Franklin Roosevelt expand the size of the federal government?

4. What did Eleanor learn how to do in order to teach her children?

5. Who was Earl Miller?

(see the answer key)

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