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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eleanor Roosevelt work with a private coach to improve?
(a) Her public speaking.
(b) Her writing.
(c) Her sense of diplomacy and propriety.
(d) Her driving.

2. How does Freedman say the trip to see troops affected Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) She became severely depressed.
(b) She lost 30 pounds.
(c) She was invigorated.
(d) She returned very sick.

3. What was Roosevelt and the Democrats' position on the League of Nations?
(a) They were opposed to joining it.
(b) They were in favor of limiting U.S. involvement in it.
(c) They were in favor of joining.
(d) They wanted the U.S. to run it.

4. What were Franklin Roosevelt's advisers' thoughts about Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) They tried everything they could to silence her.
(b) They let her test the waters, and then charted their course.
(c) They played off her radical views to enhance Franklin Roosevelt's image.
(d) They were apprehensive about her radical views.

5. When did World War I end?
(a) November 1918.
(b) August 1917.
(c) May 1918.
(d) June 1916.

6. Why was Franklin Roosevelt encouraged to run for a third term?
(a) Because of the failure of any Republicans to accept a nomination.
(b) Because Congress formally asked him to.
(c) Because of the fragility of the political situation.
(d) Because he had committed to seeing the war through himself.

7. What did Eleanor Roosevelt NOT start to get invitations for after she joined the Women's Democratic News?
(a) Radio interviews.
(b) Campaign for office.
(c) Political debates.
(d) Speaking engagements.

8. What did Eleanor learn how to do in order to teach her children?
(a) Shoot.
(b) Fish.
(c) Drive.
(d) Swim.

9. How did Franklin Roosevelt come to national prominence after 1929?
(a) His personal contributions to the state's funds.
(b) His enormous losses in the stock market crash.
(c) His aggressive steps to create jobs.
(d) His strict discrimination policies.

10. Where would Franklin Roosevelt go for his health?
(a) Warm Springs.
(b) Ballston Spa.
(c) Yellowstone.
(d) The Maine Coast.

11. When did Franklin Roosevelt take office in the White House?
(a) March 1931.
(b) March 1933.
(c) February 1932.
(d) April 1934.

12. What was Franklin Roosevelt in charge of in Europe?
(a) Establishing U.S. bases.
(b) Diplomacy.
(c) Reconstruction.
(d) Closing U.S. naval bases.

13. Where did Eleanor travel to visit troops?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Australia.

14. What was Sarah Roosevelt's response when she heard about the crisis over Franklin Roosevelt's affair with Lucy Mercer?
(a) She told him she would support him no matter what.
(b) She offered him his freedom.
(c) She threatened to cut off his inheritance if he divorced.
(d) She threatened to ruin his political career if he divorced.

15. What did Eleanor refuse to give up when Franklin Roosevelt was elected Governor of New York?
(a) Teaching.
(b) The Women's Democratic News.
(c) Travel.
(d) Political activities.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Freedman say Eleanor changed in Franklin Roosevelt's second term?

2. Who beat Franklin Roosevelt in 1920?

3. What did Eleanor Roosevelt co-direct with Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia?

4. What does Freedman say was the effect of Franklin Roosevelt's paralysis?

5. What did Eleanor attribute to Esther Lape and Elizabeth Read?

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