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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. Where did Marion Dickerman invite Eleanor to teach?
(a) Columbia.
(b) The Todhunter school.
(c) The Friends School.
(d) The ghetto.

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

3. With whom did Eleanor Roosevelt fly from Baltimore to Washington D.C.?
(a) Eddie Rickenbacker.
(b) Amelia Earhart.
(c) Jimmy Doolittle.
(d) Roscoe Turner.

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

5. What does Freedman say Franklin Roosevelt did in the wake of his affair?
(a) Pleaded with her to allow him his dalliances.
(b) Tried to please Eleanor.
(c) Disregarded Eleanor's feelings.
(d) Insisted on his rights as a man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eleanor attribute to Esther Lape and Elizabeth Read?

2. What did Eleanor Roosevelt NOT start to get invitations for after she joined the Women's Democratic News?

3. Who beat Franklin Roosevelt in 1920?

4. What was Sarah Roosevelt's response when she heard about the crisis over Franklin Roosevelt's affair with Lucy Mercer?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Roosevelts' experience in Europe after the Great War.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe Franklin Roosevelt's death.

8. How does Freedman describe Eleanor Roosevelt's trip to Europe to visit the troops?

9. Describe the crisis surrounding Lucy Mercer.

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

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