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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 did Franklin Roosevelt describe Eleanor Roosevelt's eyes when they met?

2. What does Freedman say Eleanor felt about her prospects as a wife?

3. How does Freedman characterize Eleanor Roosevelt's feelings about moving to Albany when Franklin Roosevelt won his first race?

4. What does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt felt as a result of her mother's attention to looks?

5. What sadness attended Eleanor Roosevelt's return to the U.S.?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the rules that applied to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's courtship.

2. Describe Eleanor Roosevelt's family background.

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

4. What was Allenswood like?

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Eleanor Roosevelt's entrance into charity work.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did Eleanor Roosevelt learn from her work in charities and political organizations? What effect did she have on the organizations she was part of?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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