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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 Franklin Roosevelt's response to Eleanor Roosevelt's feelings about her household?

2. How did Eleanor Roosevelt change under Mlle. Souvestre's influence?

3. What gesture of familiarity was forbidden to Franklin Roosevelt?

4. What did Anna Roosevelt die of?

5. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's relationship with Susie Parish?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Eleanor Roosevelt's first engagement.

5. How did Franklin Roosevelt's mother react to news of the engagement?

6. What were the problems in the Roosevelt household?

7. What was Allenswood like?

8. How did Eleanor Roosevelt meet and begin to spend time with Franklin Roosevelt?

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

10. What deaths did Eleanor Roosevelt encounter as a childhood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate your own reading of 'Eleanor Roosevelt'--did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Was Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's marriage the ideal marriage for the number of obligations they had, as President and First Lady? Did it help that they weren't passionate or intimate with each other? Did Lucy Mercer do Eleanor Roosevelt a favor, or did she ruin her life?

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