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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Freedman describe the difference between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt on civil rights?
(a) Franklin doubted it could be done politically.
(b) Eleanor wanted change immediately, but Franklin could accept a more gradual pace.
(c) Eleanor had more passion.
(d) Franklin wanted change to come by legislation, Eleanor favored subtler influence.

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

3. 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.

4. What does Freedman say was the effect of Franklin Roosevelt's paralysis?
(a) He despaired, but was occasionally inspired.
(b) He became more understanding of people's hardships.
(c) He began to drink and became depressed.
(d) He learned to remain untouched by political attacks.

5. What does Freedman say Eleanor felt about public speaking?
(a) She hated it because it made her so nervous.
(b) She became apprehensive before speaking, but generally impressed people with her speaking.
(c) She did not like it because she was not good at it.
(d) She learned to use crowds' emotions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Freedman say the White House resounded with the sound of?

3. What was Eleanor's position at the Women's Democratic News?

4. What were Franklin Roosevelt's advisers' thoughts about Eleanor Roosevelt?

5. What was it that paralyzed Franklin Roosevelt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Eleanor's experience teaching at the Todhunter school.

2. What was the debate over the League of Nations in 1920, and how did it affect Franklin Roosevelt's election prospects?

3. Describe Franklin Roosevelt's death.

4. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's part in the National Youth Administration?

5. Describe the crisis surrounding Lucy Mercer.

6. How did her husband's loss in 1920 affect Eleanor Roosevelt's political activities?

7. How does Freedman describe Eleanor Roosevelt's career through Franklin's first term as President?

8. How did Eleanor Roosevelt's role change in Franklin's second term as President?

9. How does Freedman describe the role Eleanor stepped into in the family after her husband was paralyzed?

10. How would Eleanor go about trying to influence the President on issues she had feelings about?

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