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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why did Franklin Roosevelt expand the size of the federal government?
(a) To create opportunities.
(b) To elbow out his competitors.
(c) To solidify his support.
(d) To protect against Communism.

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

5. What does Freedman say people expected Eleanor Roosevelt to do as First Lady?
(a) Be quiet.
(b) Help her husband make decisions.
(c) Gather information for the President.
(d) Decorate the White House.

6. Why did Eleanor Roosevelt resign from the Daughters of the American Revolution?
(a) They asked her to avoid a conflict of interests.
(b) Because she wanted to make room for other talented women.
(c) Because Franklin Roosevelt's advisors asked her to.
(d) Because of their racist politics.

7. How does Freedman characterize conversations at the White House?
(a) Eleanor would throw people out of they disagreed with her.
(b) The President and First Lady would pick their visitors' brains for information and observations.
(c) The children would interrupt Franklin or Eleanor Roosevelt if they didn't agree.
(d) There was always a respectful silence when the President and First Lady spoke.

8. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's suspicion about the Democratic Party's interest in women's rights?
(a) They wanted to make token gestures, but ultimately prevent women from having rights.
(b) They were just trying to use the female vote.
(c) They were using the women's issues to distract from other more politically awkward issues.
(d) They did not really want give women a say.

9. Who was Eleanor Roosevelt speaking for in her talks?
(a) The woman of the house.
(b) The downtrodden.
(c) The small businessman.
(d) American civilization itself.

10. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's response when she found Lucy Mercer's love letters to Franklin?
(a) Left.
(b) Told Sara to talk to him.
(c) Locked him out of the house.
(d) Offered him his freedom.

11. What advice did Louis Howe give Eleanor Roosevelt after Franklin Roosevelt's paralysis?
(a) To keep medical information from her husband.
(b) To get her husband to retire.
(c) To get Franklin Roosevelt to write a book about his paralysis.
(d) To keep Franklin Roosevelt's name before the public.

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

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

14. What does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt became for Franklin Roosevelt?
(a) Pride and joy.
(b) A saint.
(c) Eyes and ears.
(d) A thorn in his side.

15. Who beat Franklin Roosevelt in 1920?
(a) James Cox.
(b) Louis Howe.
(c) Woodrow Wilson.
(d) Calvin Coolidge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freedman say Eleanor felt about public speaking?

2. With whom did Eleanor Roosevelt fly from Baltimore to Washington D.C.?

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

4. Which improvement were women NOT trying to make when Eleanor Roosevelt was working with the Women's Democratic News?

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

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