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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Elliot Roosevelt's reputation, according to Freedman?

2. What made Eleanor Roosevelt's uncle dangerous?

3. What does Freedman say was Eleanor Roosevelt's childhood nickname?

4. How does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt used the thing the Secret Service gave her?

5. What was the Consumer's League focused on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Allenswood like?

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

3. What was Mlle. Souvestre's role in Eleanor Roosevelt's life?

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

5. What were the problems in the Roosevelt household?

6. What does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt felt when her husband was running for President?

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

8. Describe the difficulties Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt had scheduling a wedding.

9. How did Eleanor Roosevelt change the position of First Lady?

10. Describe Eleanor Roosevelt's family background.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the role of Franklin Roosevelt's paralysis in Eleanor Roosevelt's life? Would she have been the Eleanor Roosevelt we know now if her husband had been able-bodied?

Essay Topic 2

How has feminism changed since Eleanor Roosevelt? How does modern feminism bear the imprint of Eleanor Roosevelt's work in the 1920s and 1930s?

Essay Topic 3

How did Eleanor Roosevelt's sense of inferiority change over time? Did she learn to compensate for it, or did she turn it into a strength?

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