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

2. What were the social conditions like in America when Franklin Roosevelt took office?
(a) Millions were out of work.
(b) People were getting back to work.
(c) People were enjoying unprecedented prosperity.
(d) There was lawlessness in large areas.

3. What does Freedman say Franklin Roosevelt needed as the war took a toll on him?
(a) Visits from grandchildren.
(b) Quiet time alone with Eleanor.
(c) Distracting conversations about trivialities.
(d) Travel.

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

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

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

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

8. What did Eleanor Roosevelt prefer to chauffeured limousines?
(a) A Plymouth convertible.
(b) Walking.
(c) A Ford roadster.
(d) A Dodge coupe.

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

10. What does Freedman say Franklin Roosevelt would ask his wife to back away from?
(a) Women's rights legislation.
(b) Politically untenable positions.
(c) Equal rights legislation.
(d) The budget.

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

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

13. Where did Eleanor take a political leadership position?
(a) League of Nations.
(b) League of Women's Voters.
(c) New York State Democratic Party.
(d) The National Democratic Party.

14. How did Eleanor Roosevelt describe her political position?
(a) Anti-war.
(b) Hawkish.
(c) Practical pacifism.
(d) Isolationist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Freedman characterize conversations at the White House?

2. What was it that paralyzed Franklin Roosevelt?

3. How many men does Freedman say were killed in World War I?

4. What does Freedman say Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt would do separately in their personal suites?

5. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's suspicion about the Democratic Party's interest in women's rights?

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