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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Freedman say the White House resounded with the sound of?
(a) Whispering advisors.
(b) Plots and counterplots.
(c) Spirited debate.
(d) Authoritative footsteps.

10. Who was Molly Dewson?
(a) Head of the League of Women's Voters.
(b) Head of the women's division of the DNC.
(c) Head of the effort to find work for women.
(d) Editor at Women's Democratic News.

11. How does Freedman characterize the bond between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) Strong and lasting.
(b) Distrustful and disappointing.
(c) Passionate and intimate.
(d) Fragile and inconstant.

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

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

14. How many men does Freedman say were killed in World War I?
(a) 50 million.
(b) 20 million.
(c) 10 million.
(d) 500,000.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freedman say Franklin Roosevelt needed as the war took a toll on him?

2. What did Eleanor learn how to do in order to teach her children?

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

4. What did Eleanor like about Louis Howe?

5. How does Freedman describe the difference between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt on civil rights?

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