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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. How does Freedman describe Eleanor Roosevelt's mother's looks?

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

3. Who accompanied Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their visits?

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

5. What kind of gathering was Eleanor Roosevelt a frequent attendant at after her return to the U.S.?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why wasn't Eleanor Roosevelt looking forward to her coming out?

3. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's childhood nickname?

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

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

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

7. What did Franklin Roosevelt see in Eleanor--what did he tell her when his proposal surprised her?

8. What was the effect of Eleanor Roosevelt's mother's beauty?

9. Describe Franklin Roosevelt's first experience in politics.

10. How does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt reacted to her father's death?

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

It comes out late in the biography that Franklin had seen Lucy Mercer (Lucy Mercer Rutherford) a number of times after Eleanor Roosevelt thought their affair was over. How did Eleanor Roosevelt live without intimacy of her own? Was politics enough for her? What did she do with her desire for personal love?

Essay Topic 3

Write an evaluative review of 'Eleanor Roosevelt'. What is this book's place in culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?

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