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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 responsibility did Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt say the government bore?
(a) To defend the weak.
(b) To encourage innovation.
(c) To regulate business practices.
(d) To spur innovation.

2. What did Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt do at the Harvard-Yale game?
(a) Slipped away from their chaperone.
(b) Got drunk together.
(c) Kissed for the first time.
(d) Eloped.

3. What title was Eleanor Roosevelt unofficially given, according to Freedman?
(a) First Lady of the World.
(b) Lady Ambassador.
(c) Secretary of Interior.
(d) Lady President.

4. Who did Franklin Roosevelt follow into politics?
(a) A lawyer from his firm.
(b) His mother's advice.
(c) His father.
(d) His cousin Teddy.

5. To what does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt devoted her time after her husband died?
(a) The World Bank.
(b) Drought relief in Africa.
(c) The International Monetary Fund.
(d) The United Nations.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Freedman characterize Franklin Roosevelt's attitude toward the children?

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

3. How does Freedman describe Eleanor Roosevelt's mother's looks?

4. What made Eleanor Roosevelt feel out of place in the company of her mother, grandmother, and aunts?

5. What modest claim does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt made about her work as First Lady?

(see the answer key)

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