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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. Eleanor Roosevelt was criticized for advocating what political stance?
(a) Environmental protection.
(b) Equal rights for blacks.
(c) Women's rights.
(d) Government regulation.

2. How does Freedman say the trip to see troops affected Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) She became severely depressed.
(b) She was invigorated.
(c) She lost 30 pounds.
(d) She returned very sick.

3. What responsibility did Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt say the government bore?
(a) To encourage innovation.
(b) To regulate business practices.
(c) To defend the weak.
(d) To spur innovation.

4. Why was Franklin Roosevelt encouraged to run for a third term?
(a) Because he had committed to seeing the war through himself.
(b) Because Congress formally asked him to.
(c) Because of the failure of any Republicans to accept a nomination.
(d) Because of the fragility of the political situation.

5. How does Freedman characterize Eleanor Roosevelt's role in the New Age her husband was inaugurating?
(a) She was the motivation.
(b) She was the legwork.
(c) She was the intelligence.
(d) She was the conscience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eleanor Roosevelt work with a private coach to improve?

2. What did Eleanor Roosevelt prefer to chauffeured limousines?

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

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

5. What did Eleanor Roosevelt urge women to do in 'It's Up to the Women'?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Eleanor Roosevelt do to help women, as First Lady?

2. Describe the crisis surrounding Lucy Mercer.

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

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

5. In what way was Eleanor Roosevelt unlike previous First Ladies?

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

7. Describe Franklin Roosevelt's death.

8. Why did Franklin Roosevelt end up taking a third term as President?

9. Where does Freedman say Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt differed politically?

10. Describe Franklin Roosevelt's illness and paralysis.

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