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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 Elliot Roosevelt's drinking lead to, according to Freedman?
(a) Temperance meetings.
(b) Religion.
(c) Love affairs.
(d) Depression.

2. Who was Lucy Mercer?
(a) Franklin Roosevelt's assistant.
(b) The governess for Eleanor Roosevelt's children.
(c) Sarah Roosevelt's friend.
(d) Eleanor Roosevelt's social secretary.

3. What worries does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt had to contend with in the late 1940s and 1950s?
(a) Her children's marriages and careers.
(b) Her financial security.
(c) Her own health.
(d) The state of the nation.

4. What was a sign of being a 'fast woman'?
(a) Dancing with a man.
(b) Writing a letter to a man.
(c) Talking with a man.
(d) Accepting jewelry without being engaged.

5. What did Eleanor Roosevelt co-direct with Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia?
(a) The Communication Corps.
(b) The Office of Civilian Defense.
(c) The USO.
(d) The League of Women's Voters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title was Eleanor Roosevelt unofficially given, according to Freedman?

2. What did Eleanor give up at Sara's insistence?

3. What does Freedman say Franklin Roosevelt needed as the war took a toll on him?

4. What communities did Eleanor Roosevelt provide political access to for her husband?

5. What does Freedman say Franklin Roosevelt would ask his wife to back away from?

(see the answer key)

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