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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did Eleanor Roosevelt fly from Baltimore to Washington D.C.?
(a) Jimmy Doolittle.
(b) Roscoe Turner.
(c) Amelia Earhart.
(d) Eddie Rickenbacker.

2. What did Eleanor like about Louis Howe?
(a) He introduced her to modern art.
(b) He adored her.
(c) He asked her opinions.
(d) He was the most dashing man in the legislature.

3. What did Eleanor Roosevelt urge women to do in 'It's Up to the Women'?
(a) Participate in politics.
(b) Make the money for the household.
(c) Help the poor.
(d) Guarantee equal rights for blacks.

4. What does Freedman say Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt saw in Europe?
(a) Death and destruction.
(b) Hope and rebuilding.
(c) Socialism taking hold.
(d) Resistance to industrialism.

5. What was Franklin Roosevelt's reaction to his paralysis?
(a) He investigated every scientific cure.
(b) He accepted it with equanimity.
(c) He believed he would walk again.
(d) He became depressed and angry.

6. What was Eleanor's position at the Women's Democratic News?
(a) Editor.
(b) Writer.
(c) Political correspondent.
(d) Fundraising coordinator.

7. Eleanor Roosevelt was criticized for advocating what political stance?
(a) Women's rights.
(b) Equal rights for blacks.
(c) Government regulation.
(d) Environmental protection.

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

9. To whom did Eleanor Roosevelt NOT make unannounced visits?
(a) Weapons manufacturers.
(b) Appalachian coal miners.
(c) Southern sharecroppers.
(d) Struggling war veterans.

10. What does Freedman say Franklin Roosevelt did in the wake of his affair?
(a) Insisted on his rights as a man.
(b) Pleaded with her to allow him his dalliances.
(c) Tried to please Eleanor.
(d) Disregarded Eleanor's feelings.

11. What did Eleanor attribute to Esther Lape and Elizabeth Read?
(a) Her devotion to her husband.
(b) Her triumph over shyness.
(c) Her ability to speak up to her mother-in-law.
(d) Her political awakening.

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

13. Who does Freedman say the Roosevelts would invite to the White House?
(a) Their children and grandchildren.
(b) Their childhood friends.
(c) Their political enemies.
(d) Their extended families.

14. Who was allowed into Eleanor Roosevelt's press conferences?
(a) Only female reporters.
(b) Only unemployed people.
(c) Only teachers and social workers.
(d) The media.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freedman say was a contentious issue between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt?

2. Who beat Franklin Roosevelt in 1920?

3. How does Freedman say the trip to see troops affected Eleanor Roosevelt?

4. What did Marion Dickerman and Eleanor Roosevelt do together after Marion invited Eleanor to teach?

5. What was Roosevelt and the Democrats' position on the League of Nations?

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