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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 did Elliot Roosevelt's drinking lead to, according to Freedman?

2. What was the relation between Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt?

3. To what does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt devoted her time after her husband died?

4. What did Eleanor give up at Sara's insistence?

5. Who was Eleanor Roosevelt secretly engaged to at nineteen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Eleanor Roosevelt's family background.

7. Describe the scene when Franklin Roosevelt proposed to Eleanor.

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

9. Describe Eleanor's relationship with Sarah Roosevelt.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the effect of Eleanor Roosevelt's looks on her life story and personality? Were her plain looks an advantage or a disadvantage? How did she approach her looks differently as she developed as a person?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What is the difference between Eleanor Roosevelt as a daughter and Eleanor Roosevelt as a mother. What changed in the interval? How did she alter the course of her family in the children she raised?

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