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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What difficulties does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt was First Lady through?
(a) The Depression.
(b) The Great War.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) Reconstruction.

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

3. How does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt's relationship with her mother-in-law affected her?
(a) She became determined to do good deeds.
(b) She learned to assert herself and her beliefs.
(c) She became invigorated.
(d) She became depressed.

4. How old was Eleanor Roosevelt when she returned to the U.S.?
(a) 24.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 21.

5. Why did Franklin propose to Eleanor, according to Freedman?
(a) He wanted her to bring out the best in him.
(b) He thought she would make a good mother.
(c) He wanted her to manage his affairs.
(d) He was smitten with her.

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

7. What gesture of familiarity was forbidden to Franklin Roosevelt?
(a) Talking about Eleanor with friends.
(b) Writing letters to Eleanor.
(c) Inviting her to his house.
(d) Calling Eleanor by her first name.

8. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's lifestyle like, according to Freedman?
(a) Luxurious.
(b) Niggardly.
(c) Penurious.
(d) Thrifty.

9. What did Eleanor Roosevelt feel her husband did to her lifestyle by running for President?
(a) Belittled it.
(b) Took it away.
(c) Improved it.
(d) Undermined it.

10. What does Freedman say was the effect of this nickname?
(a) She was hurt by it.
(b) She rebelled against it.
(c) She loved it.
(d) She grew into it.

11. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's relationship with Susie Parish?
(a) Rival for a boy's attention.
(b) Fellow volunteer.
(c) Classmate.
(d) Cousin and roommate.

12. What does Freedman say Eleanor felt when Franklin proposed?
(a) Gratitude.
(b) Love.
(c) Shock.
(d) Disbelief.

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

14. Who were Eleanor Roosevelt's classmates at Allenswood?
(a) Her siblings.
(b) Working girls.
(c) Wealthy girls.
(d) Diplomats' daughters.

15. What was Elliot Roosevelt's reputation, according to Freedman?
(a) A keep social observer.
(b) A hard-driving businessman.
(c) A popular sportsman.
(d) A genial host and drinking companion.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which child of Eleanor Roosevelt's died in infancy?

4. How does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt's voice changed during her tenure as First Lady?

5. What does Freedman say Eleanor felt about her prospects as a wife?

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