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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 treatment at Allenswood?

2. What does Freedman say the Secret Service objected to?

3. Why was Eleanor Roosevelt given this nickname?

4. How does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt reacted to the Secret Service's objections?

5. What was a sign of being a 'fast woman'?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt asserted her independence as First Lady?

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

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

4. What does Freedman tell us, in the opening chapter, about Eleanor Roosevelt's childhood?

5. What were the problems in the Roosevelt household?

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

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

8. How did Eleanor like being a Senator's wife?

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

10. Describe the early years of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's marriage.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what extent was Eleanor Roosevelt a product of her times? How did the Great War, Prohibition, the Depression and the build-up toward war in Europe in the 1930s shape her personality? How did her personality pres back against the pressure of the times?

Essay Topic 2

What can Eleanor Roosevelt's life teach us, about how to live? What moral does Freedman extract from her life, and what other morals might it teach?

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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