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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eleven: On Her Own.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eleanor do after Franklin Roosevelt lost the 1920 election?
(a) Traveled.
(b) Charity work.
(c) Started an affair with Louis Howe.
(d) Went to business school.

2. How does Freedman say Franklin Roosevelt's relationship with Eleanor changed in his second term?
(a) He gave her power to run more of his administration.
(b) He forced her to be more restrained.
(c) He guarded information from her.
(d) He relied on her more.

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

4. What was Franklin responsible for when the U.S. entered World War I?
(a) Raising money.
(b) Diplomacy.
(c) Mobilizing warships.
(d) Overseeing war contractors.

5. What kind of gathering was Eleanor Roosevelt a frequent attendant at after her return to the U.S.?
(a) Lynching.
(b) Hunting party.
(c) Political rally.
(d) Dinner party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was allowed into Eleanor Roosevelt's press conferences?

2. What U.N. committee was Eleanor Roosevelt elected to chair in 1946?

3. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's relationship with Susie Parish?

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

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

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