View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt's voice changed during her tenure as First Lady?
(a) She spoke more strongly for justice and peace.
(b) She spoke out for American participation in World War II.
(c) She began to speak less and less as her husband's presidency went on.
(d) She spoke out in defense of corporations and free enterprise.

2. What difficulties does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt was First Lady through?
(a) The Depression.
(b) The Great War.
(c) Reconstruction.
(d) The Civil War.

3. What made Eleanor Roosevelt feel out of place in the company of her mother, grandmother, and aunts?
(a) She did not know Greek.
(b) She was not married yet.
(c) She was not a beauty.
(d) She had been educated abroad.

4. How does Freedman characterize the relationship between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) They were young and confused.
(b) They were formal to the point of being cold.
(c) They talked a lot.
(d) They were passionate lovers.

5. Which child of Eleanor Roosevelt's died in infancy?
(a) Franklin Jr.
(b) Anna Roosevelt.
(c) James Roosevelt.
(d) Elliot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where would Franklin invite Eleanor to visit on weekends?

2. What did Elliot Roosevelt's drinking lead to, according to Freedman?

3. How did Eleanor Roosevelt react to her father's death, in Freedman's account?

4. How does Freedman describe Eleanor Roosevelt's looks as a young girl?

5. What does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt did about this feeling?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Eleanor like being a Senator's wife?

2. How does Freedman characterize the difference between Eleanor and Franklin's personalities?

3. What was Franklin Roosevelt's next step in politics?

4. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's childhood nickname?

5. How did Eleanor Roosevelt meet and begin to spend time with Franklin Roosevelt?

6. What sadness waited for Eleanor Roosevelt when she returned to the U.S. from London?

7. What was Allenswood like?

8. How does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt asserted her independence as First Lady?

9. What was the Secret Service's problem with Eleanor Roosevelt?

10. How did the role of First Lady change Eleanor Roosevelt?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 756 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample